Memoirs of Richard Cumberland, Volume 1Lackington, Allen, & Company, 1807 - 432 pages |
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Page 62
... merit of my love - but I have done- " However hard my sentence , I submit . " My faithless tongue turns traitor to my heart , " And will not utter what it fondly prompts ; " A rising gust of passion drowns my voice , " And I'm most dumb ...
... merit of my love - but I have done- " However hard my sentence , I submit . " My faithless tongue turns traitor to my heart , " And will not utter what it fondly prompts ; " A rising gust of passion drowns my voice , " And I'm most dumb ...
Page 63
... merits more " Than exultation for a duty done . ( Romeo withdraws . ) Shakespear remains and speaks- " What rage is this , O man , that thou should'st dare " To turn unnatural butcher on thyself , " And thy presumptuous violent hand ...
... merits more " Than exultation for a duty done . ( Romeo withdraws . ) Shakespear remains and speaks- " What rage is this , O man , that thou should'st dare " To turn unnatural butcher on thyself , " And thy presumptuous violent hand ...
Page 67
... merit has no share in making , and modesty no aptitude to seize . At Trinity Col- lege I knew him as an under - graduate below my standing ; in the revolution of a few years I saw him in the station , aforetime filled by my grandfather ...
... merit has no share in making , and modesty no aptitude to seize . At Trinity Col- lege I knew him as an under - graduate below my standing ; in the revolution of a few years I saw him in the station , aforetime filled by my grandfather ...
Page 96
... merit with me as having been the resi- dence of Sir Isaac Newton , every relick of whose studies and experiments were respect- fully preserved to the minutest particular , and pointed out to me by the good old vice - master with the ...
... merit with me as having been the resi- dence of Sir Isaac Newton , every relick of whose studies and experiments were respect- fully preserved to the minutest particular , and pointed out to me by the good old vice - master with the ...
Page 106
... merits , for my knowledge had been hastily attained : a conduct so candid on the part of the Reverend Mr. Ray , ( fellow of Corpus Christi , and the Moderator , of whom I have been speaking ) was ever remembered by me with gratitude and ...
... merits , for my knowledge had been hastily attained : a conduct so candid on the part of the Reverend Mr. Ray , ( fellow of Corpus Christi , and the Moderator , of whom I have been speaking ) was ever remembered by me with gratitude and ...
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