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 Poussin, Nicolas, artist, 140, 198-202

Priestley, Dr., 148

Promptitude, importance of, 321, 380, 447

Pugin, architect, 218

Punctuality, importance of, 126, 323

Purpose, force of, 263

, Pierre, 15

Randon, Marshal, 18

Rawlinson, Sir Henry, his perseverance, 121

Reading to bad purpose, 382

Rectitude of the gentleman, 468

Respectability, true, 366

Reynolds, Sir Joshua, 13, 183-6, 208, 377, 403

Ricardo, David, 313

Riches and worth a temptation to ease, 23, 365, 368

Robbia, Lucca della, sculptor, 80

Robertson of Brighton, on reading, 382; on kindness, 460

Robinson, Judge, and Curran, 406

Romilly, Sir Samuel, 25, 410, 437

Rosa, Salvator, 183

Ross, Dr., on intent men, 377

Rosse, Lord, 23

Russell, Earl, 24; on character, 450-1

, Lord, 254

Saxony, Elector of, and Böttgher, 96

Scheffer, Ary, artist, 202-4

Scott, John (Lord Eldon), 257

Scott, Sir Walter, 13; a patient worker, 125-7, 148, 313; on self-education, 369; his athletic sports, 375; his boyhood, 418

Self-culture, 369-70, 389

Self-denial, 343, 479

Self-help, spirit of, 1-6

Self-respect, 387

Shakespeare, 9, 312

Sharp, Granville, philanthropist, 294-304; a cheerful man, 440; on character, 455

Sharples, James, artist and blacksmith, 224-31

Sheridan, H. В., 418

Shovel, Sir Cloudesley, 10, 11

Sinclair, Sir John, his public usefulness, his energy, his works, 442-48

Slaves in England, 297

Smcaton, James, engincer, 13, 35, 373

Smith, Dr. Pye, 156

Smith, William, geologist, his knowledge, 170-7

Soult, Marshal, risen from the ranks, 17; loot in Spain, 333

Southcy, Robert, 13; on abused powers, 391; his industry, 396

Spencer, poet, as man of business, 312

Spinoza, 312

Steam-engine, invention of, 35

Stephen of Colonna, saying of, 453

Stephenson, George, 11; perseverance, 120, 153, 373, 386; his play, 420

Sterling, J., 442

Stone, Edmund, 148, 377

Stothard, painter, 147

Stowell, Lord, 257

Strutts of Derby, 42, 252