Having been agitated in this manner, I went to bed: but my rest was frequently broken by the visions which floated before me.

When I awoke, these renewed themselves to me, and they flitted about with me for the remainder of the day.

Thus I was kept continually harassed: my mind was confined to one gloomy and heart-breaking subject for months.

It had no respite, and my health began now materially to suffer.
But the contents of these letters were particularly grievous, on account of the severe labours which they necessarily entailed upon me in other ways than those which have been mentioned.

It was my duty, while the privy council examinations went on, not only to attend to all the evidence which was presented to us by our correspondents, but to find out and select the best.