It was surely a martyrsome situation.

[H]is VVords vvere ranged vvith more care and leſs confidence than before, and in all his Actions he eſſay'd to beſpeak me an opinion, that the VVorld could not offer him an employment vvhich vvas not leſs important and conſiderable in his thoughts, than the pettieſt occaſion to ſerve and pleaſe me.

The divine breath that blows the nostrils out To ineffable inflatus.

An old man’s shadow is better than a young buzzard’s sword.