Ups and Downs in the Life of a Distressed Gentleman

Ups and Downs in the Life of a Distressed Gentleman

William Leete Stone, a journalist and historical writer (1792-1844)


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

-01- ABOUT THIS BOOK

-02- MOTTO

-03- DEDICATION

-04- INTRODUCTION

-05- SOME PASSAGESIN THE LIFE OF MR. DANIEL WHEELWRIGHT

-06- A DISQUISITION ON CIRCLES

-07- BIRTH AND PARENTAGE

-08- HIS DESTINY UNDERGOES A CHANGE

-09- OF UNIVERSITY HONORS AND THE WAY THEY ARE OBTAINED

-10- HE CHOOSES A PROFESSION

-11- HOW HE BECAME A MERCHANT AND THE RESULT

-12- FORTUNE AGAIN SMILED, AND THEN FROWNED UPON HIM

-13- HOW AN HONEST MAN MAY GET INTO LIMBO

-14- AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE SUBLIME AND BEAUTIFUL

-15- HOW HE AGAIN CHANGES HIS CIRCUMSTANCES

-16- PREPARES TO LIVE BY HIS LEARNING

-17- OF THE MARCH OF MIND

-18- HE LIVES AS HE HAD NEVER EXPECTED

-19- THINGS PROVE WORSE THAN WAS EXPECTED

-20- SCENES IN THE LOMBARDS

-21- THE END OF THIS EVENTFUL HISTORY