Memoirs of Richard Cumberland, Volume 1Brisban and Brannan [Printed by Robert Carr], 1805 - 356 pages |
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... genius has produced those living wit- nesses , that must for ever put that charge to shame and silence . Against such idle ill - considered words , now dead as the language they were conveyed in , the appeal is near at hand ; it lies no ...
... genius has produced those living wit- nesses , that must for ever put that charge to shame and silence . Against such idle ill - considered words , now dead as the language they were conveyed in , the appeal is near at hand ; it lies no ...
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... genius , and on the tablet devoted to his memory , in the chapel of Trinity College , Doctor Bentley has recorded his sorrows and those of the whole learned world in the following beautiful and pathetic epitaph : H. S. E. " Rogerus ...
... genius , and on the tablet devoted to his memory , in the chapel of Trinity College , Doctor Bentley has recorded his sorrows and those of the whole learned world in the following beautiful and pathetic epitaph : H. S. E. " Rogerus ...
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... genius of those old heathens beguiled me , and as " I despaired of raising myself up to their standard upon fair ground , " I thought the only chance I had of looking over their heads was " to get upon their shoulders . " 66 Of his ...
... genius of those old heathens beguiled me , and as " I despaired of raising myself up to their standard upon fair ground , " I thought the only chance I had of looking over their heads was " to get upon their shoulders . " 66 Of his ...
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... genius , great wit and a brilliant imagination ; he had also the manners and address of a perfect gentleman , but there was a certain eccentricity and want of worldly prudence in my uncle's character , that involved him in distresses ...
... genius , great wit and a brilliant imagination ; he had also the manners and address of a perfect gentleman , but there was a certain eccentricity and want of worldly prudence in my uncle's character , that involved him in distresses ...
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... genius , I cannot state this circumstance in any better light than as an oversight in point of education , which , though well - intentioned on his part , could only operate to destroy what it was his object to improve . When the ...
... genius , I cannot state this circumstance in any better light than as an oversight in point of education , which , though well - intentioned on his part , could only operate to destroy what it was his object to improve . When the ...
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