Memoirs of Richard Cumberland, Volume 1Brisban and Brannan [Printed by Robert Carr], 1805 - 356 pages |
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... letters in Sir Isaac's own hand to my grandfather , which together with the corrected volume of bishop Cumberland's Laws of Nature , I lately gave to the library of that flourishing and illustri- ous college . The irreparable loss of ...
... letters in Sir Isaac's own hand to my grandfather , which together with the corrected volume of bishop Cumberland's Laws of Nature , I lately gave to the library of that flourishing and illustri- ous college . The irreparable loss of ...
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... Letters in two folio volumes , magnificently bound . This was the time for my good father , who I verily think never knew fear , to stand forward in the exertion of that popularity , which was almost without example . He had been ...
... Letters in two folio volumes , magnificently bound . This was the time for my good father , who I verily think never knew fear , to stand forward in the exertion of that popularity , which was almost without example . He had been ...
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... letters from Sir Isaac New- ton , a pretty large body of notes for an edition of Lucan's Pharsalia , which I gave to my uncle Bentley , and were published under his inspection by Dodsley , at Mr. Walpole's press , with sundry other ...
... letters from Sir Isaac New- ton , a pretty large body of notes for an edition of Lucan's Pharsalia , which I gave to my uncle Bentley , and were published under his inspection by Dodsley , at Mr. Walpole's press , with sundry other ...
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... letters to governors and civil officers abroad , I applied my thoughts to other objects , and particularly to the ap- proaching election at my college ; still London lodgings and London hours were not quite so well adapted to study as I ...
... letters to governors and civil officers abroad , I applied my thoughts to other objects , and particularly to the ap- proaching election at my college ; still London lodgings and London hours were not quite so well adapted to study as I ...
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... letters of recommendation , which with due acknowledgments I declined . On my arrival I found Doctor Richard Bentley had come from his living of Nailstone in Leicestershire , purposely to support my cause ; the vice - master also ...
... letters of recommendation , which with due acknowledgments I declined . On my arrival I found Doctor Richard Bentley had come from his living of Nailstone in Leicestershire , purposely to support my cause ; the vice - master also ...
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