1 As for myself, I first heard you spoken of by my friend Wilmore, the philanthropist.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 56. Andrea Cavalcanti. 2 And he flung into his wife's apron the five-franc piece which the "philanthropist" had left with him.
Les Misérables (V3) By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER XII—THE USE MADE OF M. LEBLANC'S FIVE-FRANC PIECE 3 He has won a worthy reputation as one of the great leaders of his race, widely known and much respected at home and abroad as an accomplished educator, a great orator, and a true philanthropist.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. WashingtonContext Highlight In Chapter XVII. 4 Its successes were the result of hard work, supplemented by the aid of philanthropists and the eager striving of black men.
5 Nowhere, I think, could a more delightful location have been chosen for this unique educational experiment, which has attracted the attention and won the support even of conservative philanthropists in all sections of the country.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. WashingtonContext Highlight In Chapter XVII. 6 How much this accident meant to Jurgis he realized only by stages; for he found that the harvester works were the sort of place to which philanthropists and reformers pointed with pride.