I believe the reader of this will not think it strange if I confess that these anxieties, these constant dangers I lived in, and the concern that was now upon me, put an end to all invention, and to all the contrivances that I had laid for my future accommodations and conveniences.
Pienso que al lector no le parecerá extraño que confiese que todas estas ansiedades, los peligros constantes y las preocupaciones que me acechaban en este momento, pusieron fin a mi ingenio y a todos los esfuerzos destinados a mi futuro bienestar.