Excerpt from The Life and Misfortunes and the Military Career of Brig. Gen. Sir John Johnson, Bart Tis Dame Circumstance licks Nature's cubs into shape Then why puzzle and fret. Plot and dream He that's wise will just follow his nose, Contentedly fish. While he swims with the stream; 'tis no business or me where HE eons. All around is forethought sure, fixed will and stern decree. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.