philanthrope

"Un philanthrope méconnu Cadet de Vaux 1743 – 1828."

The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe 2006

Now the philanthrope of our party was also a phrenologist, and had conceived a curiosity to inspect the head of the very superior negro who had made all this money; so, at his request, Candido was summoned from the well, and ordered to take off his hat.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859 Various

Aventure de Fridtjof Nansen: Explorateur et philanthrope.

Fridtjof Nansen - Biography 1922

FERDINAND-DREYFUS, Un philanthrope d'autrefois: La

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

Autre physionomie intéressante, celle de Lord Shaftesbury, un beau type d'aristocrate, au physique comme au moral, très sensible et compatissant, un philanthrope bon et loyal, anti-esclavagiste militant.

Collections and Recollections George William Erskine Russell 1886

Let the penologers and philanthrope, have their way and even hanging might be made so pleasant and withal so interesting a social distinction that it would deter nobody but the person hanged.

The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 Ambrose Bierce 1878

This savage scene is reflected in the comparatively civilised stations all down the West African coast, where the inexperienced and ardent philanthrope is apt to suppose that the lazy, feckless habits are not nature-implanted but contracted by contact with a more advanced stage of society.

To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative Richard Francis Burton 1855

But, as in the case of opium-eating, populus vult decipi, the philanthrope does not want to know the truth, indeed he shrinks from it and loathes it.

Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

A philanthrope loves the whole human race, but dislikes his wife, his mother, his brother, and his friends and acquaintances.

White Lies Charles Reade 1849

He further summed up the catalogue of Robespierre's crimes, by exclaiming, "D'ailleurs c'étoit un grand philanthrope!"

Tales and Novels — Volume 04 Maria Edgeworth 1808