Memoirs of Richard Cumberland, Volume 1Brisban and Brannan [Printed by Robert Carr], 1805 - 356 pages |
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... short sketch of the bishop's life , which he has prefixed to his edition of The San- choniatho . This and his other works are in the hands of the learn- ed , and cannot need any effort on my part to elucidate what they so clearly ...
... short sketch of the bishop's life , which he has prefixed to his edition of The San- choniatho . This and his other works are in the hands of the learn- ed , and cannot need any effort on my part to elucidate what they so clearly ...
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... short , his mind was fitted for elaborate and profound researches , as his works more fully testify . It is to be lamented that his famous work , De Legibus Nature , was allowed to come before the public with so many and such glaring ...
... short , his mind was fitted for elaborate and profound researches , as his works more fully testify . It is to be lamented that his famous work , De Legibus Nature , was allowed to come before the public with so many and such glaring ...
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... short of a hundred lines , and was written at such times as I could snatch a few minutes from my business or amusements . I did not like to risk the consequences of confiding it to my school- fellows , but kept it closely secret till ...
... short of a hundred lines , and was written at such times as I could snatch a few minutes from my business or amusements . I did not like to risk the consequences of confiding it to my school- fellows , but kept it closely secret till ...
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... short time after , not indeed for having violated the truth , but for suppressing it , and my dilemma was occasioned by the following circumstance . I had picked up an epigram amongst my school fellows , which struck my fancy , and ...
... short time after , not indeed for having violated the truth , but for suppressing it , and my dilemma was occasioned by the following circumstance . I had picked up an epigram amongst my school fellows , which struck my fancy , and ...
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... , though not robust in make , was more than commonly adroit in my athletic exercises . In swift- ness of foot for a short distance no boy in Bury School could match E 1 me , and , when at Cambridge , I gave RICHARD CUMBERLAND . 25.
... , though not robust in make , was more than commonly adroit in my athletic exercises . In swift- ness of foot for a short distance no boy in Bury School could match E 1 me , and , when at Cambridge , I gave RICHARD CUMBERLAND . 25.
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