Memoirs of Richard Cumberland, Volume 1Lackington, Allen, & Company, 1807 - 432 pages |
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Page 11
... recollect his giving me a gentle rebuke for making a most outra- . geous noise in the room over his library and disturbing him in his studies ; I had no appre- hension of anger from him , and confidently answered that I could not help ...
... recollect his giving me a gentle rebuke for making a most outra- . geous noise in the room over his library and disturbing him in his studies ; I had no appre- hension of anger from him , and confidently answered that I could not help ...
Page 19
... recollecting himself he said- " Child , I " am sensible I have not always turned my " talents to the proper use for which I should presume they were given to me : yet I have " done something for the honour of " ( my God " " 66 " and the ...
... recollecting himself he said- " Child , I " am sensible I have not always turned my " talents to the proper use for which I should presume they were given to me : yet I have " done something for the honour of " ( my God " " 66 " and the ...
Page 30
... recollect the revolt I received from reading of the Heathen Idols , described in the 115th psalm as having eyes and not seeing , ears and not hearing , with other contrarieties , which between positive and negative so com- A 1 pletely ...
... recollect the revolt I received from reading of the Heathen Idols , described in the 115th psalm as having eyes and not seeing , ears and not hearing , with other contrarieties , which between positive and negative so com- A 1 pletely ...
Page 69
... recollect that he was himself most unequivocally par tronizing in the instance of his own son . Di version of thought I well know is not uncom- mon F 3 RICHARD CUMBERLAND . 69 taken but from his hours of relaxation, and he ...
... recollect that he was himself most unequivocally par tronizing in the instance of his own son . Di version of thought I well know is not uncom- mon F 3 RICHARD CUMBERLAND . 69 taken but from his hours of relaxation, and he ...
Page 73
... recollect . It passed inspection without disco- very , and Doctor Nichols , after commending me for the composition , read my verses aloud to the seniors in the seventh form , and was proceeding to renew his praises , when being touched ...
... recollect . It passed inspection without disco- very , and Doctor Nichols , after commending me for the composition , read my verses aloud to the seniors in the seventh form , and was proceeding to renew his praises , when being touched ...
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