Memoirs of Richard Cumberland, Volume 1Lackington, Allen, & Company, 1807 - 432 pages |
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... Trinity College ; and if , by those means , it shall find a passport to the University press , I shall have cause to congratulate myself for having so happily bestowed it . I Of Doctor Richard Bentley , my maternal grandfather , I shall ...
... Trinity College ; and if , by those means , it shall find a passport to the University press , I shall have cause to congratulate myself for having so happily bestowed it . I Of Doctor Richard Bentley , my maternal grandfather , I shall ...
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... 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 character inspire it . As for the hat , I ...
... 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 character inspire it . As for the hat , I ...
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... Trinity . When he held examinations for fellowships , and the modest candidate exhibited marks of agitation and alarm , he never failed to interpret candid- ly of such symptoms ; and on those occasions he was never known to press the ...
... Trinity . When he held examinations for fellowships , and the modest candidate exhibited marks of agitation and alarm , he never failed to interpret candid- ly of such symptoms ; and on those occasions he was never known to press the ...
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... Trinity , were the bequest of Doctor Bentley . I was possessed of letters in Sir Isaac's own hand to my grandfather , which together with the cor- rected volume of Bishop Cumberland's Laws of Nature , I lately gave to the library of ...
... Trinity , were the bequest of Doctor Bentley . I was possessed of letters in Sir Isaac's own hand to my grandfather , which together with the cor- rected volume of Bishop Cumberland's Laws of Nature , I lately gave to the library of ...
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... Trinity College , and after his marriage with my aunt , Rector of Witton near Huntingdon , in the gift of Sir John Bernard of Brampton . She was an honourable and excellent lady ; I had cause to love her , and lament her death . She ...
... Trinity College , and after his marriage with my aunt , Rector of Witton near Huntingdon , in the gift of Sir John Bernard of Brampton . She was an honourable and excellent lady ; I had cause to love her , and lament her death . She ...
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