----Doctor _Slop_ made ten times more of it, than there was occasion: ----some men rise, by the art of hanging great weights upon small wires, --and I am this day (_August_ the 10th, 1761) paying part of the price of this man's reputation. 
Doctor Slop made ten times more of it than he needed: and I am this day (August the 10th, 1761) paying the price of this man's reputation. 