I was determined to prosecute my search as long as an inn or a livery-stable remained unexamined, and my strength would permit.
To detail the events of this expedition, the arguments and supplications which I used to overcome the dictates of avarice and fear, the fluctuation of my hopes and my incessant disappointments, would be useless.

Having exhausted all my expedients ineffectually, I was compelled to turn my weary steps once more to Medlicote's lodgings.
My meditations were deeply engaged by the present circumstances of my situation.

Since the means which were first suggested were impracticable, I endeavoured to investigate others.

Wallace's debility made it impossible for him to perform this journey on foot; but would not his strength and his resolution suffice to carry him beyond Schuylkill?
A carriage or horse, though not to be obtained in the city, could, without difficulty, be procured in the country.

Every farmer had beasts for burden and draught.