Memoirs of Richard Cumberland, Volume 1Brisban and Brannan [Printed by Robert Carr], 1805 - 356 pages |
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... speak freely and impartially . I know myself inca- pable of wantonly aspersing the characters of the living or the ... speaking the truth from my heart : I 3702 ( RECAP ) B 237804 may not always say all that I could , but MEMOIRS ...
... speak freely and impartially . I know myself inca- pable of wantonly aspersing the characters of the living or the ... speaking the truth from my heart : I 3702 ( RECAP ) B 237804 may not always say all that I could , but MEMOIRS ...
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... speak . Of him I have perfect recollection . His person , his dignity , his language and his love fixed my early atten- tion , and stamped both his image and his words upon my memory . His literary works are known to all , his private ...
... speak . Of him I have perfect recollection . His person , his dignity , his language and his love fixed my early atten- tion , and stamped both his image and his words upon my memory . His literary works are known to all , his private ...
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Richard Cumberland. ders to a much humbler topic , and proceed to speak professedly of myself . Here then for awhile I pause for self - examination , and to weigh the task I am about to undertake . I look into my heart ; I search my ...
Richard Cumberland. ders to a much humbler topic , and proceed to speak professedly of myself . Here then for awhile I pause for self - examination , and to weigh the task I am about to undertake . I look into my heart ; I search my ...
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... speaking it almost like his mother tongue- β Yes , β replied Bent- ley , " I do believe that Barnes had as much Greek , and understood βit about as well , as an Athenian blacksmith . " Of Pope's Homer he said that he had read it ; it ...
... speaking it almost like his mother tongue- β Yes , β replied Bent- ley , " I do believe that Barnes had as much Greek , and understood βit about as well , as an Athenian blacksmith . " Of Pope's Homer he said that he had read it ; it ...
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... speak my heart's unfeign'd contrition , " Then might I lay the bleeding part before you ; " But ' twill not be something I yet would say " " To extenuate my crime ; I fain would plead " The merit of my love - but I have done- " However ...
... speak my heart's unfeign'd contrition , " Then might I lay the bleeding part before you ; " But ' twill not be something I yet would say " " To extenuate my crime ; I fain would plead " The merit of my love - but I have done- " However ...
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