“The word book acted as a transient stimulus”

“Bessie asked if I would have a book: the word book acted as a transient stimulus, and I begged her to fetch Gulliver’s Travels from the library.  This book I had again and again perused with delight. ”

“The charm of variety there was not, nor the excitement of incident; but I liked peace so well, and sought stimulus so little, that when the latter came I almost felt it a disturbance, and rather still wished it had held aloof.”

“Unjust! - unjust!' said my reason, forced by the agonising stimulus into precocious though transitory power; and Resolve, equally wrought up, instigated some strange expedient to achieve escape from insupportable oppression - as running away, or, if that could not be effected, never eating or drinking more, and letting myself die.”

“Ex-act-ly, pre-cisely: with your usual acuteness, you have hit the nail straight on the head.”

“Read the New Testament, and observe what Christ says, and how he acts-make his world your rule, and his conduct your example.”

“Is your book interesting?' I had already formed the intention of asking her to lend it to me some day.”