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10 THE MAN OF THE WORLD.
not extravagant to fpend, he was ruined
by an avidity to gain. In fliort, he was
of that order of men, who are known by
the name of proje&ors j and wafted the
means of prefent enjoyment, in the purfuit
of luxury to come. To himfelf indeed
the lols was but fmall; while his fubftance
was mouldering away by degrees, its value
was annihilated in his expeftations of the
future; and he died amidft the horrors of
a prifon, fmiling at the profpedt of ideal
wealth and vifionary grandeur.
But with his family it was otherwife:
his wife, who had often vainly endeavour¬
ed to prevent, by her advice, the deftruc-
tive fchemes of her hulband, at laft tamely
yielded to her fate, and died foon after
him of a broken heart, leaving an only
fon, the Bolton who is now introduced
into my ftory.
The diftrefles of his father had been
always ridiculed by Sir Thomas Sindall,
as