Memoirs of Richard Cumberland, Volume 1Brisban and Brannan [Printed by Robert Carr], 1805 - 356 pages |
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Page 17
... success , and success encouraged me to fresh exertions . I presume the teachers of grammar do not expect boys of a very early age to understand it as a body of rules , but merely as an exercise of memory ; yet it is well to imprint it ...
... success , and success encouraged me to fresh exertions . I presume the teachers of grammar do not expect boys of a very early age to understand it as a body of rules , but merely as an exercise of memory ; yet it is well to imprint it ...
Page 51
... success attended me through the remaining seven arguments , which fell off in strength and subtlety , and his defence became sullen and morose , his latinity very harsh , in- elegant and embarassed , till I saw him descend with no very ...
... success attended me through the remaining seven arguments , which fell off in strength and subtlety , and his defence became sullen and morose , his latinity very harsh , in- elegant and embarassed , till I saw him descend with no very ...
Page 59
... successful , yet his particular exertions had been such , that he might truly have said— Si Pergama dextrâ Defendi possent , etiam hâc defensi fuissent . This second striking instance of his popularity and influence was by no means ...
... successful , yet his particular exertions had been such , that he might truly have said— Si Pergama dextrâ Defendi possent , etiam hâc defensi fuissent . This second striking instance of his popularity and influence was by no means ...
Page 83
... success . With the elder of these my intimacy was the greatest ; the same passion for poetry pos- sessed us both , the same attachment to the drama : our respective families indulged us in our propensities , and were mutually amused ...
... success . With the elder of these my intimacy was the greatest ; the same passion for poetry pos- sessed us both , the same attachment to the drama : our respective families indulged us in our propensities , and were mutually amused ...
Page 109
... success . Upon the hint of this play , and the entertainment at La Trappe , where Foote had been a guest , that wicked wit took measure of his host , and founded his satirical drama of The Patron - in short he feasted , flattered and ...
... success . Upon the hint of this play , and the entertainment at La Trappe , where Foote had been a guest , that wicked wit took measure of his host , and founded his satirical drama of The Patron - in short he feasted , flattered and ...
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