Memoirs of Richard Cumberland, Volume 1Brisban and Brannan [Printed by Robert Carr], 1805 - 356 pages |
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... occasions he was never known to press the hesitating and embar- rassed examinant , but oftentimes on the contrary would take all the pains of expounding on himself , and credit the exonerated candi- date for answers and interpretations ...
... occasions he was never known to press the hesitating and embar- rassed examinant , but oftentimes on the contrary would take all the pains of expounding on himself , and credit the exonerated candi- date for answers and interpretations ...
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... , that he took his literary decease most seriously to heart . She also told me , that , when in conversation with him on the subject of his works , C she found occasion to lament that he had bestowed so RICHARD CUMBERLAND .
... , that he took his literary decease most seriously to heart . She also told me , that , when in conversation with him on the subject of his works , C she found occasion to lament that he had bestowed so RICHARD CUMBERLAND .
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Richard Cumberland. she found occasion to lament that he had bestowed so great a portion of his time and talents upon criticism instead of employing them upon original composition , he acknowledged the justice of her regret with extreme ...
Richard Cumberland. she found occasion to lament that he had bestowed so great a portion of his time and talents upon criticism instead of employing them upon original composition , he acknowledged the justice of her regret with extreme ...
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... occasion to recall the attention of my readers to what I have further to relate of him . Elizabeth Bentley , eldest ... occasions she would persist in a determined taciturnity to the regret of the company present , and at other times ...
... occasion to recall the attention of my readers to what I have further to relate of him . Elizabeth Bentley , eldest ... occasions she would persist in a determined taciturnity to the regret of the company present , and at other times ...
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... occasion , when these gentlemen entered the school - room , in the execution of their office , ( I being then in the rostrum in the act of construing Juvenal ) he ordered me to proceed without noticing their appearance , and something ...
... occasion , when these gentlemen entered the school - room , in the execution of their office , ( I being then in the rostrum in the act of construing Juvenal ) he ordered me to proceed without noticing their appearance , and something ...
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