But I will not here anticipate this melancholy subject.

I shall have too much reason to speak of it in the course of my work.
These different objects offered me subjects of meditation for my walks; for, as I believed I had already observed, I am unable to reflect when I am not walking: the moment I stop, I think no more, and as soon as I am again in motion my head resumes its workings.

I had, however, provided myself with a work for the closet upon rainy days.

This was my dictionary of music, which my scattered, mutilated, and unshapen materials made it necessary to rewrite almost entirely.

I had with me some books necessary to this purpose; I had spent two months in making extracts from others, I had borrowed from the king's library, whence I was permitted to take several to the Hermitage.