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Our exemplars, poor and rich, or, Biographical sketches of men and women who have, by an extraordinary use of their opportunities, benefited their fellow-creatures
Title:
Our exemplars, poor and rich, or, Biographical sketches of men and women who have, by an extraordinary use of their opportunities, benefited their fellow-creatures
Author:
Hill, Matthew Davenport, 1792-1872.
Edition:
Second edition, revised.
Publication Information:
London : Cassell, Petter, & Galpin, [1860]
Physical Description:
xviii, 342 pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 19 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
Preface -- Appendix to the preface -- Earl of Shaftesbury -- Jacques Jasmin -- John Bunyan -- King of Portugal -- Bridget Burke -- Sister Nathalie -- Rosa Governo -- Françoise Caysac -- Louisa Schepler -- Christopher Thomson -- William and Robert Chambers -- Joseph Tuckerman -- Father Mathew -- Rev. Dr. Spratt --Dr. John Thompson -- Harriet Ryan -- Captain Maconochie -- Catherine Wilkinson -- John Smeaton -- Frédéric Auguste Demetz -- Vicomte Bretignières de Courteilles -- Paul Louis Verdier -- Sarah P. Redmond -- John Plummer -- Sarah Martin -- Sir Rowland Hill -- Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy -- Lady Noel Byron.
Genre:
Format :
Book