Memoirs of Richard Cumberland, Volume 1Brisban and Brannan [Printed by Robert Carr], 1805 - 356 pages |
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Page 40
... extremely wanting in contrast , that , though it did not wound the ear , it wearied it ; when she had once recited two or three speeches , I could anticipate the manner of every succeeding one ; it was like a long old legendary ballad ...
... extremely wanting in contrast , that , though it did not wound the ear , it wearied it ; when she had once recited two or three speeches , I could anticipate the manner of every succeeding one ; it was like a long old legendary ballad ...
Page 45
... extremely modest , and her temper mild and gentle . When I first visited her , after the symptoms of the disease were upon her , she told me she was persuaded she had caught the small - pox , and that it would be fatal to her . Her augu ...
... extremely modest , and her temper mild and gentle . When I first visited her , after the symptoms of the disease were upon her , she told me she was persuaded she had caught the small - pox , and that it would be fatal to her . Her augu ...
Page 48
... extremely rare , and in the history I have given in The Observers of the Greek Writers , more particularly of the Comic Poets now lost , I have availed myself of them , and I am vain enough to believe no such collection of the scattered ...
... extremely rare , and in the history I have given in The Observers of the Greek Writers , more particularly of the Comic Poets now lost , I have availed myself of them , and I am vain enough to believe no such collection of the scattered ...
Page 66
... extremely brilliant and more than commonly engaging in the per- son , manners and address of the Earl of Halifax . He had been educated at Eton , and came with the reputation of a good scholar to Trinity College , where he established ...
... extremely brilliant and more than commonly engaging in the per- son , manners and address of the Earl of Halifax . He had been educated at Eton , and came with the reputation of a good scholar to Trinity College , where he established ...
Page 69
... extremely familiar with them ; and I cannot doubt but that this was the case ; for if he was thus high with his equals , it surely behoved him to be much higher with those who but for such self - swelling altitudes might stand a chance ...
... extremely familiar with them ; and I cannot doubt but that this was the case ; for if he was thus high with his equals , it surely behoved him to be much higher with those who but for such self - swelling altitudes might stand a chance ...
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