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Date: 1741 [1740]; continued in 1741
"But my Weakness of Body made me move so slowly, that it gave Time for a little Reflection, a Ray of Grace, to dart in upon my benighted Mind; and so, when I came to the Pond-side, I sat myself down on the sloping Bank, and began to ponder my wretched Condition: And thus I reason'd with myself."
preview | full record— Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)