When I left him, I felt much dejected.

It appeared to me as if it would be in this case, as it is often in that of other earthly things, that we scarcely possess what we repute a treasure, when it is taken from us.
I determined to take this journey on horseback, not only on account of the relaxed state in which I found myself, after such close and constant application, but because I wished to have all my time to myself upon the road, in order the better to reflect upon the proper means of promoting this great cause.

The first place I resolved to visit was Bristol.
Accordingly I directed my course thither.

On turning a corner, within about a mile of that city, at about eight in the evening, I came within sight of it.

The weather was rather hazy, which occasioned it to look of unusual dimensions.