'Tis a melancholic humour, and consequently a humour very much an enemy to my natural complexion, engendered by the pensiveness of the solitude into which for some years past I have retired myself, that first put into my head this idle fancy of writing.
Olde goibel bat izan da eta, beraz, nire izaera naturalaren biziki etsaia den olde bat, duela urte zenbait egotzi nintzen bakarduraren nekeak eraginik, lehenik gogoan ezarri zidana idazkeran sartzeko ameskeria hau.