I had walked into that reading-room a happy, healthy man. I crawled out a decrepit wreck.

“Are we labouring at some Work too vast for us to perceive? Are our passions and…”

“Seek out some retired and old-world spot, far from the madding crowd, and dream…”

“I plodded conscientiously through the twenty-six letters, and the only malady I…”

“The day has been so full of fret and care, and our hearts have been so full of …”