Memoirs of Richard Cumberland, Volume 1Lackington, Allen, & Company, 1807 - 432 pages |
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... boy days , with the characters of his different masters very humorously displayed , and the punishments described , which they at times would wrong- fully inflict upon him for seeming to be idle and regardless of his task , " When the ...
... boy days , with the characters of his different masters very humorously displayed , and the punishments described , which they at times would wrong- fully inflict upon him for seeming to be idle and regardless of his task , " When the ...
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... boy in possession of his opinion ; he " has as clear a conception of sleep , and at least as comfortable an one , as the philosophers " who puzzle their brains about it , and do not rest so well . ” 66 " ( Though Bishop Lowth , in the ...
... boy in possession of his opinion ; he " has as clear a conception of sleep , and at least as comfortable an one , as the philosophers " who puzzle their brains about it , and do not rest so well . ” 66 " ( Though Bishop Lowth , in the ...
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... in high reputation , and numbered a hundred and fifty boys . Kinsman was an excellent master , a very sufficient scholar , and had all the pro- fessional requisites of voice , air and aspect , that RICHARD CUMBERLAND . 31 A ...
... in high reputation , and numbered a hundred and fifty boys . Kinsman was an excellent master , a very sufficient scholar , and had all the pro- fessional requisites of voice , air and aspect , that RICHARD CUMBERLAND . 31 A ...
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... boys . At that moment the spirit of emu lation , which had not yet awaked in my heart , was thoroughly roused ; but whilst I was thus resolving on a reform I fell ill , whether from agitation of mind , or from cause more natural I know ...
... boys . At that moment the spirit of emu lation , which had not yet awaked in my heart , was thoroughly roused ; but whilst I was thus resolving on a reform I fell ill , whether from agitation of mind , or from cause more natural I know ...
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... 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 on their memories , that they may more readily apply to it as they advance in their acquaintance with the ...
... 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 on their memories , that they may more readily apply to it as they advance in their acquaintance with the ...
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