...who, from having none of those endearing ties which prolong the vista of existence, see a dead-wall gradually rise at the end of their own. And to such...lose at the same time all lively interest in our own prospects, and are therefore desolate indeed if we cannot identify ourselves with the fate of others....

...of their own. And to such childless, insulated beings, at the period when recollections rather than anticipations form the character of life, this world...different aspect from that which it presents to their more busily-connected neighbours ; for there is an awkward corner in human existence at which, bidding of...

...of their own. And to such childless, insulated beings, at the period when recollections rather than anticipations form the character of life, this world...necessity a final adieu to youth, we naturally lose with it all lively interest in our own prospects, and are therefore desolate indeed if we cannot identify...