SALVATOR ROSA.
THE
TRIUMPHS OF PERSEVERANCE
AND
ENTERPRISE.
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.
LONDON
DARTON AND CO., HOLBORN HILL.
LONDON:
WILLIAM STEVENS, PRINTER, 37, BELL YARD,
TEMPLE BAR.
PREFACE.
These records of the Triumphs of Perseveranceand Enterprise have been written with the viewto inspire the youthful reader with a glow ofemulation, and to induce him to toil and to advancein the peaceful achievements of science andbenevolence, remembering the adage, “Whateverman has done, man may do.”
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CONTENTS
TO
THE TRIUMPHS OF PERSEVERANCE.
| CHAPTER I. | |
| LINGUISTS. | |
| PAGE | |
| Sir William Jones—Dr. Samuel Lee | 1 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| AUTHORS. | |
| Shakespeare—Spenser—Johnson—Gifford—Gibbon | 22 |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| ARTISTS. | |
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