Memoirs of Richard Cumberland, Volume 1Lackington, Allen, & Company, 1807 - 432 pages |
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... Doctor Richard Cumberland , who was con- secrated bishop of Peterborough in the year 1691 , was my great grandfather . He was au- -thor of that excellent work entitled De legibus Naturæ , in which he effectually refutes the impious ...
... Doctor Richard Cumberland , who was con- secrated bishop of Peterborough in the year 1691 , was my great grandfather . He was au- -thor of that excellent work entitled De legibus Naturæ , in which he effectually refutes the impious ...
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... Doctor Bentley , who , being on a vi- sit to my father at his parsonage - house in Northamptonshire , undertook that kind office , and completed it most effectually . This book gave , when last at Cambridge , to the library of Trinity ...
... Doctor Bentley , who , being on a vi- sit to my father at his parsonage - house in Northamptonshire , undertook that kind office , and completed it most effectually . This book gave , when last at Cambridge , to the library of Trinity ...
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... Doctor Walker , vice - master of Trinity - Col- lege , was the friend of my grandfather , and a frequent guest at his table , is true ; but it was not in Doctor Bentley's nature to treat him with contempt , nor did his harmless ...
... Doctor Walker , vice - master of Trinity - Col- lege , was the friend of my grandfather , and a frequent guest at his table , is true ; but it was not in Doctor Bentley's nature to treat him with contempt , nor did his harmless ...
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... Doctor Bentley interposed , saying , " Why tell the man he is a thief ? he " knows that well enough , without thy infor- " mation , Greaves . - Harkye , fellow , thou see'st " the trade which thou hast taken up is an un- profitable ...
... Doctor Bentley interposed , saying , " Why tell the man he is a thief ? he " knows that well enough , without thy infor- " mation , Greaves . - Harkye , fellow , thou see'st " the trade which thou hast taken up is an un- profitable ...
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... Doctor Bentley on the contrary had many intimates ; judicious in forming his friendships , he was faithful in adhering to them . With Sir Isaac Newton , Doctor Mead , Doctor Wallis of Stam- ford , Baron Spanheim , the lamented Roger ...
... Doctor Bentley on the contrary had many intimates ; judicious in forming his friendships , he was faithful in adhering to them . With Sir Isaac Newton , Doctor Mead , Doctor Wallis of Stam- ford , Baron Spanheim , the lamented Roger ...
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