Memoirs of Richard Cumberland, Volume 1Brisban and Brannan [Printed by Robert Carr], 1805 - 356 pages |
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... court ; this is readily admitted , and this on first approaches might mislead a stranger ; but the native candour and inherent tenderness of his heart could not long be veiled from observation 6 MEMOIRS OF These are puerile anecdotes ...
... court ; this is readily admitted , and this on first approaches might mislead a stranger ; but the native candour and inherent tenderness of his heart could not long be veiled from observation 6 MEMOIRS OF These are puerile anecdotes ...
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... coach houses , built by my father , and forming one side of a square court laid out for the approach of car- riages to the house . The spire of Stanwick Church is esteemed one of the most beautiful models in that style of 2.4 MEMOIRS OF.
... coach houses , built by my father , and forming one side of a square court laid out for the approach of car- riages to the house . The spire of Stanwick Church is esteemed one of the most beautiful models in that style of 2.4 MEMOIRS OF.
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... court of honour in that school , to whose unwritten laws every member of our community was amenable , and which to transgress by any act of meanness , that exposed the offen- der to public contempt , was a degree of punishment ...
... court of honour in that school , to whose unwritten laws every member of our community was amenable , and which to transgress by any act of meanness , that exposed the offen- der to public contempt , was a degree of punishment ...
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... court , were pressed upon him , but though he was resolute in declining all favours personal to himself , yet he was persuaded to lend an ear to flattering situations pointed out for me , and my destiny was now pre- paring to reverse ...
... court , were pressed upon him , but though he was resolute in declining all favours personal to himself , yet he was persuaded to lend an ear to flattering situations pointed out for me , and my destiny was now pre- paring to reverse ...
Page 96
... court to Walpole in panegyric poems , apologizing for his presumption by reminding him , that it was better to be pelted with roses than with rotten eggs : to Chesterfield , to Winnington , Pulteney , Fox and the luminaries of his early ...
... court to Walpole in panegyric poems , apologizing for his presumption by reminding him , that it was better to be pelted with roses than with rotten eggs : to Chesterfield , to Winnington , Pulteney , Fox and the luminaries of his early ...
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