Memoirs of Richard Cumberland, Volume 1Brisban and Brannan [Printed by Robert Carr], 1805 - 356 pages |
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Page 31
... merit of my love - but I have done- " However hard my sentence , I submit . " My faithless tongue turns traitor to my heart , " And will not utter what it fondly prompts ; " A rising gust of passion drowns my voice , " And I'm most dumb ...
... merit of my love - but I have done- " However hard my sentence , I submit . " My faithless tongue turns traitor to my heart , " And will not utter what it fondly prompts ; " A rising gust of passion drowns my voice , " And I'm most dumb ...
Page 34
... merit has no share in making , and modesty no aptitude to seize . At Trinity College I knew him as an under - graduate below my standing ; in the revolution of a few few years I saw him in the station aforetime filled by my grand ...
... merit has no share in making , and modesty no aptitude to seize . At Trinity College I knew him as an under - graduate below my standing ; in the revolution of a few few years I saw him in the station aforetime filled by my grand ...
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... merit with me as having been the residence of Sir Isaac Newton , every relick of whose studies and experiments were respect- fully preserved to the minutest particular , and pointed out to me by the good old vice - master with the most ...
... merit with me as having been the residence of Sir Isaac Newton , every relick of whose studies and experiments were respect- fully preserved to the minutest particular , and pointed out to me by the good old vice - master with the most ...
Page 53
... merits , for my knowledge had been hastily attained : a conduct so candid on the part of the Reverend Mr. Ray , ( fellow of Corpus Christi , and the Moderator , of whom I have been speaking ) was ever remembered by me with gratitude and ...
... merits , for my knowledge had been hastily attained : a conduct so candid on the part of the Reverend Mr. Ray , ( fellow of Corpus Christi , and the Moderator , of whom I have been speaking ) was ever remembered by me with gratitude and ...
Page 54
... merit , public exercises to awaken emulation , and public examinations , which cannot be passed without extorting some exertion even from the indolent , nor can be avoided without a marked disgrace to the compounder ? Now if I have any ...
... merit , public exercises to awaken emulation , and public examinations , which cannot be passed without extorting some exertion even from the indolent , nor can be avoided without a marked disgrace to the compounder ? Now if I have any ...
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