Memoirs of Richard Cumberland, Volume 1Lackington, Allen, & Company, 1807 - 432 pages |
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Page 36
... success , and success encouraged me to fresh exertions . I presume the teachers of grammar do not expect 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 ...
... success , and success encouraged me to fresh exertions . I presume the teachers of grammar do not expect 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 ...
Page 93
... ardently and success- fully to follow them in their profession , and peradventure not fall far behind them in their fame . This was the great aim and object of my ambition ; for this I laboured , to RICHARD CUMBERLAND . 93 1 ...
... ardently and success- fully to follow them in their profession , and peradventure not fall far behind them in their fame . This was the great aim and object of my ambition ; for this I laboured , to RICHARD CUMBERLAND . 93 1 ...
Page 101
... success attended me through the re- maining seven arguments , which fell off in strength and subtlety , and his defence became sullen and morose , his latinity very harsh , in- elegant and embarrassed , till I saw him descend with no ...
... success attended me through the re- maining seven arguments , which fell off in strength and subtlety , and his defence became sullen and morose , his latinity very harsh , in- elegant and embarrassed , till I saw him descend with no ...
Page 165
... success , With the elder of these my intimacy was the greatest ; the same passion for poetry possessed us both , the same attachment to the drama ; our re- spective families indulged us in our propensities , and were mutually amused ...
... success , With the elder of these my intimacy was the greatest ; the same passion for poetry possessed us both , the same attachment to the drama ; our re- spective families indulged us in our propensities , and were mutually amused ...
Page 214
... merit of the poet , but it decided against his success . Upon the hint of this play , and the entertainment at La Trappe , where Foote had been a guest , 214 MEMOIRS OF Great Seal of the kingdom and the Earldom of ...
... merit of the poet , but it decided against his success . Upon the hint of this play , and the entertainment at La Trappe , where Foote had been a guest , 214 MEMOIRS OF Great Seal of the kingdom and the Earldom of ...
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