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his own name even he had ascended 

 from the very lowest step in the ladder 

 of life, and, by dint of intuition, persever- 

 ance, and cunning, had ultimately attained 

 the topmost round that summit which 

 many of our magnates have aspired to 

 all their lives in vain : he won the St. 

 Leger and rightly named his horse* 

 after the town that had been the scene 

 of both his struggles and his success. 



Providence had given him a help-meet 

 for him, who conducted his correspon- 

 dence, superintended his books, graced 

 his hospitable board, and otherwise, by 

 the ease and unaffected politeness of her 

 demeanour, and the use of good, sound 

 common sense, had contrived to make 

 his name respected and his acquain- 

 tance desired by men of all grades and 

 people of all denominations. 



About the time I knew him he had 



* Mr. Beardsworth's " Birmingham " won the St. Leger 

 in 1828. 



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