7. conduct. Cf. note on p. 59, 1. 13.
11. taking place of other vehicles was an important privilege, for the road was generally practicable only for one vehicle at a time, so that the displaced one would have to stop till the road should be clear again.
25. inward. Pious, earnest. Cf. Thomas a Kempis, De Imitatione Christi, II. i. 41, 'a very inward man:' also Penn, Rise and Progress of the Quakers, 1690, 'more religious, inward, still.'
32. thee and I. The Friends generally employ thee for thou. So too in p. 114, 1. 2.
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3. affections. Dispositions, feelings. Cf. Shakespeare, Measure for Measure, II. iv. 168:
By the affection that now guides me most.
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19. Gray's Inn Walks are said to have been planted by Bacon. They are situated on the north side of Holborn, and were the regular promenade of people of fashion in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, for the air blew straight over from Hampstead, unimpeded by the houses which have since sprung up.