Note 574 — PREFACE TO THE EDITION OF 1814 (continued 3)
Reading edition
1827.
... else their simple sports Had wanted power to occupy a mind Held in subjection by a strong controul Of studious application, self-imposed. Books were her creditors; to them she paid, With pleasing, anxious eagerness, the hours Which they exacted; were it time allowed, Or seized upon by stealth, or fairly won, 1814. By stretch of industry, from other tasks.