As, when I was young, I opposed myself to the progress of love which I perceived to advance too fast upon me, and had a care lest it should at last become so pleasing as to force, captivate, and wholly reduce me to its mercy:
Gaztea nintzelarik, neure gainean sobera aurreratzen zen maitasunaren aitzinamenduari oposatzen nintzaion bezala, ikertzen bainuen ez zekidan hain atsegina non bere menpean osoki bortxatuko eta gatibatuko bainindukeen;