Memoirs of Richard Cumberland, Volume 1Lackington, Allen, & Company, 1807 - 432 pages |
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... stood , if , with strict attention to truth , and in simplicity of style , I pursue my narrative , say- ing nothing more of the immediate object of these memoirs , than in honour and in consci- ence I am warranted to say . VOL . I. B I ...
... stood , if , with strict attention to truth , and in simplicity of style , I pursue my narrative , say- ing nothing more of the immediate object of these memoirs , than in honour and in consci- ence I am warranted to say . VOL . I. B I ...
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... stood fast upon the halt , dumb . and insensible to instruction as the images in question . Of this circumstance , exactly as I relate it , with those sensations which it im- pressed upon my infantine mind , I now retain , as I have ...
... stood fast upon the halt , dumb . and insensible to instruction as the images in question . Of this circumstance , exactly as I relate it , with those sensations which it im- pressed upon my infantine mind , I now retain , as I have ...
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... stood all that he heard , but that the worthy vice master of Trinity was innocent of all ap- prehension , and clear of the plot , if treason was wrapped up in it , I can upon my know- ledge of him confidently vouch . This how- ever I ...
... stood all that he heard , but that the worthy vice master of Trinity was innocent of all ap- prehension , and clear of the plot , if treason was wrapped up in it , I can upon my know- ledge of him confidently vouch . This how- ever I ...
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... stood in need of instruction , and he inflicted discouragement . Though I love the memory of my good old master , and am under infinite obligations to his care and kindness , yet having severely ex- perienced how poignant are the ...
... stood in need of instruction , and he inflicted discouragement . Though I love the memory of my good old master , and am under infinite obligations to his care and kindness , yet having severely ex- perienced how poignant are the ...
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... stood by my anchors , contending that as they were unquestionably useful in a storm , I had said no more of them than was true , and why . should I be ashamed of having spoken the truth ? Yet ashamed I was some short time after , not ...
... stood by my anchors , contending that as they were unquestionably useful in a storm , I had said no more of them than was true , and why . should I be ashamed of having spoken the truth ? Yet ashamed I was some short time after , not ...
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