…At home all day and very little to do. My wife most extremely ill. Oh, the grief that I am in almost sinks my spirits within me, for should it please Almighty God to take my wife, the partner of my soul, from me, I doubt I should be friendless.
The Diary, 1754–1765
…At home all day and very little to do. My wife most extremely ill. Oh, the grief that I am in almost sinks my spirits within me, for should it please Almighty God to take my wife, the partner of my soul, from me, I doubt I should be friendless.