Memoirs of Richard Cumberland, Volume 1Brisban and Brannan [Printed by Robert Carr], 1805 - 356 pages |
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... nature , received the first intelligence of his promotion from a paragraph in the public papers , and , being then sixty years old , was with difficulty persuaded to accept the offer , when it came to him from authority . The persuasion ...
... nature , received the first intelligence of his promotion from a paragraph in the public papers , and , being then sixty years old , was with difficulty persuaded to accept the offer , when it came to him from authority . The persuasion ...
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... nature with good wearing parts , he made no pretensions to quick and brilliant talents , and in that respect he seems to have estimated himself very truly , as we rarely find such meek and modest qualities as he possessed , in men of ...
... nature with good wearing parts , he made no pretensions to quick and brilliant talents , and in that respect he seems to have estimated himself very truly , as we rarely find such meek and modest qualities as he possessed , in men of ...
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... Nature , was allowed to come before the public with so many and such glaring errors of the press , which his absence and considerable distance from London disabled him from correcting . I had a copy interleaved and cor- rected and ...
... Nature , was allowed to come before the public with so many and such glaring errors of the press , which his absence and considerable distance from London disabled him from correcting . I had a copy interleaved and cor- rected and ...
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... natural to our age , and the questions it gave birth to , so teazing to many pa- rents , he , on the contrary , attended to ... nature always gained its object , as the pictures which his books generally supplied me with were anatomical ...
... natural to our age , and the questions it gave birth to , so teazing to many pa- rents , he , on the contrary , attended to ... nature always gained its object , as the pictures which his books generally supplied me with were anatomical ...
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... natural and pure benevolence of his heart . He was communicative to all without distinction , that sought information , or resorted to him for assistance ; fond of his college almost to enthusiasm , and ever zealous for the honour of ...
... natural and pure benevolence of his heart . He was communicative to all without distinction , that sought information , or resorted to him for assistance ; fond of his college almost to enthusiasm , and ever zealous for the honour of ...
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