Memoirs of Richard Cumberland, Volume 1Lackington, Allen, & Company, 1807 - 432 pages |
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Page 20
... heads was to get upon their shoul- " ders . " Of his pecuniary affairs he took no account ; he had no use for money , and dismissed it en- tirely from his thoughts : his establishment in the mean time was respectable , and his table ...
... heads was to get upon their shoul- " ders . " Of his pecuniary affairs he took no account ; he had no use for money , and dismissed it en- tirely from his thoughts : his establishment in the mean time was respectable , and his table ...
Page 34
... head of the school , he began with much solemnity and in a loud voice to lecture me very sharply , whilst all eyes were upon me , all ears open , and a dead silence , horrible to my feelings , did not leave a hope that a single word had ...
... head of the school , he began with much solemnity and in a loud voice to lecture me very sharply , whilst all eyes were upon me , all ears open , and a dead silence , horrible to my feelings , did not leave a hope that a single word had ...
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... head upon the desk before me , and gave myself up to tears and contrition : When I raised my eyes and looked about me , I thought I discovered contempt in the countenances of the boys . At that moment the spirit of emu lation , which ...
... head upon the desk before me , and gave myself up to tears and contrition : When I raised my eyes and looked about me , I thought I discovered contempt in the countenances of the boys . At that moment the spirit of emu lation , which ...
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... head of my class , and in the whole course of my progress through the upper school never once lost my place of head boy , though daily challenged by those , who were as anxious to dislodge me from my post as I was to maintain myself in ...
... head of my class , and in the whole course of my progress through the upper school never once lost my place of head boy , though daily challenged by those , who were as anxious to dislodge me from my post as I was to maintain myself in ...
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... head . I had earned that station by hard labour and un- ceasing assiduity ; I had maintained it against their united efforts for some years , and the dread of being at once deprived of what they had not been able to take from me , had ...
... head . I had earned that station by hard labour and un- ceasing assiduity ; I had maintained it against their united efforts for some years , and the dread of being at once deprived of what they had not been able to take from me , had ...
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