The Triumphs of Perserverance and Enterprise

About this eBook

Author

Cooper, Thomas, 1805-1892

Title

The triumphs of perseverance and enterprise, recorded as examples for the young

Original Publication

United Kingdom: Darton & Co, 1856.

Credits

Bob Taylor, Brian Coe, the book cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

CT: History: Biography

Subject

Biography

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 69994

Release Date

February 8, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.THE TRIUMPHS OF PERSEVERANCE AND ENTERPRISE.
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.Untitled
5. 5.PREFACE.
6. 6.CONTENTS TO THE TRIUMPHS OF PERSEVERANCE.
7. 7.CONTENTS TO THE TRIUMPHS OF ENTERPRISE.
8. 8.CHAPTER I. LINGUISTS. — SIR WILLIAM JONES.—DR. SAMUEL LEE. — SIR WILLIAM JONES, — DR. SAMUEL LEE,
9. 9.CHAPTER II. AUTHORS. — SHAKSPEARE, — SPENSER, — JOHNSON, — WILLIAM GIFFORD, — GIBBON,
10. 10.CHAPTER III. ARTISTS. — ANTONIA CANOVA, — CHANTREY, — SALVATOR ROSA, — BENJAMIN WEST,
11. 11.CHAPTER IV. MUSICIANS. — HANDEL. — GEORGE FREDERICK HANDEL,
12. 12.CHAPTER V. SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERERS AND MECHANICIANS. — 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,
13. 13.CHAPTER VI. MEN OF BUSINESS. — SIR THOMAS GRESHAM, — JAMES LACKINGTON,
14. 14.CHAPTER VII. PHILANTHROPISTS. — JOHN HOWARD,
15. 15.CONCLUSION.
16. 16.THE TRIUMPHS OF ENTERPRISE.
17. 17.INTRODUCTION.
18. 18.CHAPTER I. — GENERAL PUTNAM, — LIEUT. EVAN DAVIES,
19. 19.CHAPTER II.
20. 20.CHAPTER III.
21. 21.CHAPTER IV.
22. 22.CHAPTER V.
23. 23.CONCLUSION. — Transcriber’s Notes

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