Memoirs of Richard Cumberland, Volume 1Brisban and Brannan [Printed by Robert Carr], 1805 - 356 pages |
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... pleased God to terminate the existence of this exemplary man . He possessed his faculties to the last , verifying the only claim he was ever heard to make as to mental endowments ; for whilst he acknowledged himself to be gifted by ...
... pleased God to terminate the existence of this exemplary man . He possessed his faculties to the last , verifying the only claim he was ever heard to make as to mental endowments ; for whilst he acknowledged himself to be gifted by ...
Page 64
... pleased to honour me with his approbation of my past exertions , and imparted to me a new arrangement , that he and the seniors had determined upon for annulling so much of the existing statutes as 64 MEMOIRS OF and took leave of ...
... pleased to honour me with his approbation of my past exertions , and imparted to me a new arrangement , that he and the seniors had determined upon for annulling so much of the existing statutes as 64 MEMOIRS OF and took leave of ...
Page 78
... pleased him , but I am very sure that his good nature was glad of the opportunity to say flattering things to a diffident young man , who said very little for himself , and further to do me grace he was pleased to put into my hands a ...
... pleased him , but I am very sure that his good nature was glad of the opportunity to say flattering things to a diffident young man , who said very little for himself , and further to do me grace he was pleased to put into my hands a ...
Page 92
... pleased to call La Trappe , and his inmates and familiars the monks of the convent ; these were Mr. Windham his relation , whom he made his heir , Sir William Breton , privy purse to the king , and Doctor Thompson , a physician out of ...
... pleased to call La Trappe , and his inmates and familiars the monks of the convent ; these were Mr. Windham his relation , whom he made his heir , Sir William Breton , privy purse to the king , and Doctor Thompson , a physician out of ...
Page 98
... pleased , or at least to appear as if they were . His readings from Shakspeare were altogether as whimsical , for he chose his passages only where buffoonery was the character of the scene ; one of these I remember was that of the clown ...
... pleased , or at least to appear as if they were . His readings from Shakspeare were altogether as whimsical , for he chose his passages only where buffoonery was the character of the scene ; one of these I remember was that of the clown ...
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