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CHAPTER XXI.
'What say'st thou, Wise-One?—that all powerful Love
Can fortune's strong impediments remove.
Nor is it strange that worth should wed to worth,
The pride of genius with the pride of birth."
V. Brown—I will not give at full length his thrice unhappy name—had been from infancy a ball for fortune to spurn at; but nature had given him that elasticity of mind, which rises higher from the rebound. His form was tall, manly, and active, and his features corresponded with his person; for, although far from regular, they had an expression of intelligence and good humour, and when he spoke or was particularly animated, might be decidedly pronounced interesting. His manner indicated a good deal the military profession which
