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A memoir, letters, and diary of the Rev. Henry S. Polehampton, M.A

Thomas Stedman Polehampton · 1858 · Scanned text · Free in the US

106,447 words · about 7 h 27 min to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845
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About this book

Author
Thomas Stedman Polehampton
Language
English
Published
1858
Length
106,447 words · about 7 h 27 min
Sections
6 reader sections
Text
Scanned text, read from page scans by OCR; may contain errors
Rights
Public domain in the United States

 

Contents (6)

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Front matter

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Dedication

TO THE

REVEREND RICHARD OKES, D.D.

PROVOST OF KI^STG’S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.

Contents

MEMOIE.

Preface — Birtli — Eton — Entrance at Pembroke College, Oxford — Iffley Lasher — Gallant Act — Boating — University Boat — St. David’s— Ordination — Letter on Ordination — First Sermon — Its application to his Spiritual Life — 1848, Greenford — Letter on the close of 1848 — Appointed Curate of St. Chad’s, Shrewsbury — St. Aldate’s, Oxford — Ministry at St. Chad’s — Testimony of Colleague — Cholera — Preaching — Parochial Visits — Anecdote — Engagement— Appointed to a Chaplaincy in Bengal — Letter to his Mother — Marriage — Letter — Visit to Greenford, &c. — Letter from Oxford — Boat-race — “ Pewter-pot ” — Testimonial from Parishioners of St. Chad’s — Farewell Sermon — Departure for India — Devotion to his Work — Oudh Mission — Cholera in the 62d Kegiment — Fever — Anecdote — Preparation for Death — Tennyson and Longfellow — Testimonial from 62d — Letter from Captain Fletcher Hayes — Testimonies of the Bishops of Calcutta and Madras — The coming of the End — Siege of Lucknow — Death — Perfect Peace ’ — Hymn — Southey’s Poem on Heber’s Portrait

Mrs. Polehampton — The Lucknow Nurses P. 1

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