I cannot see the passage.
The word could be a series of past tense words
I slept late this morning
I bathed late this morning
But the words that make most sense to me is
I ate late this morning
If I'm not mistaken, its a fused run-on sentence. A comma splice is where there is an unneeded comma, and it isn't a simple as it contains a conjunction.
Answer:
1) whether he thinks too little or too much
2) still by himself abused or disabused
3) describe or fix one movement of his mind
