Pasquinades at that: ----All which both the man and his mule are quite exempt from. To sum up all; there are archives at every stage to be look'd into, and rolls, records, documents, and endless genealogies, which justice ever and anon calls him back to stay the reading of: ----In short, there is no end of it; ----for my own part, I declare I had been at it these six weeks, making all the speed I possibly could, --and am not yet born: --I have just been able, and that's all, to tell you _when_ it happen'd, but not _how_; --so that you see the thing is yet far from being accomplished.
These unforeseen stoppages, which I own I had no conception of when I first set out; --but which, I am convinced now, will rather increase than diminish as I advance, --have struck out a hint which I am resolved to follow; ----and that is, --not to be in a hurry; but to go on leisurely, writing and publishing two volumes of my life every year; ----which, if I am suffered to go on quietly, and can make a tolerable bargain with my bookseller, I shall continue to do as long as I live.
: - All which both the man and his mule are quite exempt from.
To sum up; there are archives at every stage to be looked into, and records, documents, and endless genealogies that he must read. - In short, there is no end of it. For my own part, I declare I have been at it these six weeks, making all the speed I possibly could, - and am not yet born. I have just been able to tell you when it happened, but not how; - so that you see the thing is still far from being accomplished.
These unforeseen stoppages, which I had no conception of when I first set out - but which, I am now convinced, will increase rather than diminish as I advance - have made me resolve not to be in a hurry; but to go on leisurely, writing and publishing two volumes of my life every year; - which, if I can make a tolerable bargain with my bookseller, I shall continue to do as long as I live.