Now it was proposed to withdraw myself to studious leisure, and romantic solitude.

All my wants, personal and intellectual, were to be supplied gratuitously and copiously.

No means were prescribed by which I might make compensation for all these benefits.

In conferring them he seemed to be actuated by no view to his own ultimate advantage.

He took no measures to secure my future services.
I suffered these thoughts to escape me, on this occasion, and observed that to make my application successful, or useful, it was necessary to pursue some end.