Memoirs of Richard Cumberland, Volume 1Lackington, Allen, & Company, 1807 - 432 pages |
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... better to produce ; and surely such an effort on his part , however unsuccessful , was no feature of a cynic : a cynic should be made of sterner stuff . I have had from him , at times , whilst standing at his elbow , a complete and ...
... better to produce ; and surely such an effort on his part , however unsuccessful , was no feature of a cynic : a cynic should be made of sterner stuff . I have had from him , at times , whilst standing at his elbow , a complete and ...
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... it , some- thing better and more amiable ; and how liable he was to deviate from the strict line of justice , by his partiality to the side of mercy , appears from the anecdote of the thief , who robbed him 14 MEMOIRS OF.
... it , some- thing better and more amiable ; and how liable he was to deviate from the strict line of justice , by his partiality to the side of mercy , appears from the anecdote of the thief , who robbed him 14 MEMOIRS OF.
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... better embellish any subject she was upon , or render common incidents more entertaining by the happy art of relating them ; her invention was so fertile , her ideas so original and the points of humour so ingeniously and unexpectedly ...
... better embellish any subject she was upon , or render common incidents more entertaining by the happy art of relating them ; her invention was so fertile , her ideas so original and the points of humour so ingeniously and unexpectedly ...
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... better than I have been , but as I have not been overpaid by my contempora- ries , I will not scruple to exact what is due J to me from posterity . - Ipse de me scribam RICHARD CUMBERLAND . 29 barren towards the conclusion of it, where ...
... better than I have been , but as I have not been overpaid by my contempora- ries , I will not scruple to exact what is due J to me from posterity . - Ipse de me scribam RICHARD CUMBERLAND . 29 barren towards the conclusion of it, where ...
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... a boarder , where being associated with boys of a better description , and more immediately un- der the eye of my most timely admonisher , I D 2 RICHARD CUMBERLAND . 35 given less scope to his zeal, and trusted more ...
... a boarder , where being associated with boys of a better description , and more immediately un- der the eye of my most timely admonisher , I D 2 RICHARD CUMBERLAND . 35 given less scope to his zeal, and trusted more ...
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