Memoirs of Richard Cumberland, Volume 1Brisban and Brannan [Printed by Robert Carr], 1805 - 356 pages |
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... master of Trinity College , was the friend of my grandfather , and a frequent guest at his table , is true ; but it was not in Doctor Bentley's nature to treat him with contempt , nor did his harmless character inspire it . As for the ...
... master of Trinity College , was the friend of my grandfather , and a frequent guest at his table , is true ; but it was not in Doctor Bentley's nature to treat him with contempt , nor did his harmless character inspire it . As for the ...
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... masters very humo- rously displayed , and the punishments described , which they at times would wrongfully inflict ... Master Gooch , the Bishop of Ely's son . " And I have been at this sport with his fa- " ther , " he replied ; " but ...
... masters very humo- rously displayed , and the punishments described , which they at times would wrongfully inflict ... Master Gooch , the Bishop of Ely's son . " And I have been at this sport with his fa- " ther , " he replied ; " but ...
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... Master's lodge of Trinity , were the bequest of Doctor Bentley . I was pos- sessed 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 ...
... Master's lodge of Trinity , were the bequest of Doctor Bentley . I was pos- sessed 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 ...
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... master , a very sufficient scholar , and had all the professional requisites of voice , air and aspect , that marked him out at first sight as a personage decidedly made on purpose - habere imperium in pueros . In his hands I can truly ...
... master , a very sufficient scholar , and had all the professional requisites of voice , air and aspect , that marked him out at first sight as a personage decidedly made on purpose - habere imperium in pueros . In his hands I can truly ...
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... master had a vaunting kind of style in setting forth his school , and once in conversation with my grandfather in Trinity Lodge , he was so unaccountably misled by the spirit of false prophecy , as to venture to say in a ral- lying kind ...
... master had a vaunting kind of style in setting forth his school , and once in conversation with my grandfather in Trinity Lodge , he was so unaccountably misled by the spirit of false prophecy , as to venture to say in a ral- lying kind ...
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