The triumphs of perseverance and enterprise, recorded as examples for the young
SALVATOR ROSA.
MICHAEL ANGELO.
LONDON: DALTON AND CO., HOLBORN HILL.
THE
TRIUMPHS OF PERSEVERANCE
AND
ENTERPRISE:
Recorded as Examples for the Young.
“Lives of great men all remind us
We may make our lives sublime;
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time.”—Longfellow.
Thomas Cooper
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PREFACE.
SIR WILLIAM JONES.—DR. SAMUEL LEE.
SIR WILLIAM JONES,
DR. SAMUEL LEE,
SHAKSPEARE,
SPENSER,
JOHNSON,
WILLIAM GIFFORD,
GIBBON,
ANTONIA CANOVA,
CHANTREY,
SALVATOR ROSA,
BENJAMIN WEST,
HANDEL.
GEORGE FREDERICK HANDEL,
SIR HUMPHREY DAVY,
SIR RICHARD ARKWRIGHT,
THE REV. EDMUND CARTWRIGHT, D.D.,
JAMES WATT,
COLUMBUS,
SIR ISAAC NEWTON,
SIR WILLIAM HERSCHEL,
REAUMUR,
THE HONOURABLE ROBERT BOYLE,
SIR THOMAS GRESHAM,
JAMES LACKINGTON,
JOHN HOWARD,
CONCLUSION.
INTRODUCTION.
CHAPTER I.
GENERAL PUTNAM,
LIEUT. EVAN DAVIES,
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CONCLUSION.
Transcriber’s Notes
