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Download or read book Lives and Portraits of Public Characters Who Have Distinguished Themselves as Legislators Statesmen Patriots Warriors Philanthropists Divines Lawyers Astronomers Poets Painters Sculptors Travellers C Vol 3 Classic Reprint written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-12-21 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lives and Portraits of Public Characters Who Have Distinguished Themselves as Legislators, Statesmen, Patriots, Warriors, Philanthropists, Divines, Lawyers, Astronomers, Poets, Painters, Sculptors, Travellers &C, Vol. 3 At Enford, Mr. Prince, in the year 1800, established a sunday-school; and the church having been destroyed by a thunder-storm in 1817, he has, with 'a degree of public Spirit that reflects great credit upon him as a minister of the established church, raised a private subscription among his friends for the purpose of te building the edifice, of which the first stone will be laid, it is expected, in the present year, under the direction of Philip Hardwick, Esq. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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