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Stamford Street.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

INTRODUCTION. Newton; Galileo; Torricelli; Pascal;

Prince Rupert; Montgolfier. Self-education

CHAPTER II.

Strength of the Passion for Knowledge. Pythagoras; Archi-

medes; Leibnitz; Galileo; Heyne

CHAPTER III.

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Humble Station no Obstacle. Epictetus; Protagoras; Cle-

anthes; Haüy; Winckelman; Arnigio; Duval.-Affec-

tation of high birth. Bandinelli; Scaliger.-Men proud

of their low Origin. Protogones; Baudouin; Gelli.—

Obscure origin. Metastasio; Haydn; Opie; Parini;

Prideaux ; Saunders; Linnæus; Lomonosoff; B. Jonson;

the Milners; John Hunter.-Application of Examples. 31

CHAPTER IV.

Artists rising from the lower to the higher branches. B. Cel-

lini; Q. Matsys; Ibbetson; Kent; Towne; Kirby ;

Schiavoni; Hogarth; Sharp; Thew; Caslon.-Late

learners. Cromwell; Sir W. Jones; Cato Censor;

Alfred; Moliere; Valerianus; Vondel; Pitot; Paucton;

Ogilby

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CHAPTER V.

Early Age of Great Men. Short Term of their Lives. New-

ton, Gregory; Torricelli; Pascal; Cowper; Burns;

Byron; Sydney; Otway; Collins; Mozart; Raphael

Correggio; Politian; Mirandola

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CHAPTER VI.

Self-educated Men. T. Simpson

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CHAPTER VII.

Self-educated Men continued. E. Stone; J. Stone.-Pursuit

of Knowledge and Business united. Cicero; Jones;

Cæsar; Scipio; Polybius; Frederick II.; Sully; De

Thou; More; Selden; Hale; Grotius

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CHAPTER VIII.

Literary Pursuits of Soldiers.-Descartes; B. Jonson; Buch-

anan; Cervantes. -Of Sailors. Dampier; Davis;

Drury; Falconer; Giordani; Fransham; Oswald; Co-

lumbus; Cook; Vancouver; Collingwood

CHAPTER IX.

Literary Pursuits of Merchants. Solon; Guys; D. North;

Ricardo

CHAPTER X.

Literary Pursuits of Booksellers and Printers. Gesner;

Aldus Manutius, Paul, and Aldus the Younger; R.

Stephens; H. Stephens; Scapula; Colinæus ; Badius;

Froben; Oporinus; Ruddiman; Bowyer; Nichols;

Richardson

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