Trip 4570 of 5150 collection book60
Chapter His Eclipse And Gradual Declination. His watch with an horizontalbook11 movement by Graham which he had often mentioned and shown as a very curious piece of workmanship began about this timebook31 to be very much out of order and was committed to the care of a mender who was in no hurry to restore it. All these mishaps treading upon the heels of one another had a very mortifying effect upon his practice. He now regretted the opportunities he had neglected of marrying one of several women of moderate fortune who had made advances to him in the zenith of his reputation and endeavoured by forcing himself into a lower path of life than any he had hitherto trod to keep himself afloat with the portion of some tradesmans daughter whom he meant to espouse.... read all
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