Memoirs of Richard Cumberland, Volume 1Lackington, Allen, & Company, 1807 - 432 pages |
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... bishop of Peterborough in the year 1691 , was my great grandfather . He was au- thor of that excellent work entitled De legibus Natura , in which he effectually refutes the impious tenets of Hobbes , and whilst he was unambitiously ...
... bishop of Peterborough in the year 1691 , was my great grandfather . He was au- thor of that excellent work entitled De legibus Natura , in which he effectually refutes the impious tenets of Hobbes , and whilst he was unambitiously ...
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... Bishop Cumberland was the son of a re- spectable citizen of London , and educated at St. Paul's school , from whence he was admit- ted of Magdalen College in Cambridge , where he pursued his studies , and was elected fellow of that ...
... Bishop Cumberland was the son of a re- spectable citizen of London , and educated at St. Paul's school , from whence he was admit- ted of Magdalen College in Cambridge , where he pursued his studies , and was elected fellow of that ...
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Richard Cumberland. To front page 6 , Vol 1 . CProart soulp ? Richard Cumberland ? Lord Bishop of Peterborough . Published by Lachaington Allen & Co Nov1 , 1806 . present a copy of that portrait from which the print.
Richard Cumberland. To front page 6 , Vol 1 . CProart soulp ? Richard Cumberland ? Lord Bishop of Peterborough . Published by Lachaington Allen & Co Nov1 , 1806 . present a copy of that portrait from which the print.
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... Bishop Cumberland was the son of a re- spectable citizen of London , and educated at St. Paul's school , from whence he was admit- ted of Magdalen College in Cambridge , where he pursued his studies , and was elected fellow of that ...
... Bishop Cumberland was the son of a re- spectable citizen of London , and educated at St. Paul's school , from whence he was admit- ted of Magdalen College in Cambridge , where he pursued his studies , and was elected fellow of that ...
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... Bishop of Ely's son . " And I " have been at this sport with his father , " he replied ; but thine has been the more amu- sing game ; so there's no harm done . ” 66 ( 6 These are puerile anecdotes , but my history itself is only in its ...
... Bishop of Ely's son . " And I " have been at this sport with his father , " he replied ; but thine has been the more amu- sing game ; so there's no harm done . ” 66 ( 6 These are puerile anecdotes , but my history itself is only in its ...
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