Memoirs of Richard Cumberland, Volume 1Lackington, Allen, & Company, 1807 - 432 pages |
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... CHARACTERS OF SEVERAL OF THE MOST DISTINGUISHED PERSONS OF HIS TIME , WITH WHOM HE HAS HAD INTERCOURSE AND CONNEXION . VOL . 1 . LONDON : PRINTED FOR LACKINGTON , ALLEN , & co . TEMPLE OF THE MUSES , FINSBURY - SQUARE . 4 January , 1892 ...
... CHARACTERS OF SEVERAL OF THE MOST DISTINGUISHED PERSONS OF HIS TIME , WITH WHOM HE HAS HAD INTERCOURSE AND CONNEXION . VOL . 1 . LONDON : PRINTED FOR LACKINGTON , ALLEN , & co . TEMPLE OF THE MUSES , FINSBURY - SQUARE . 4 January , 1892 ...
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... characters of the living or the dead ; but , though I will not indulge my- self in conjectures , I will not turn aside from facts , and neither from affectation of candour , nor dread of recrimination , waive the privilege , which I ...
... characters of the living or the dead ; but , though I will not indulge my- self in conjectures , I will not turn aside from facts , and neither from affectation of candour , nor dread of recrimination , waive the privilege , which I ...
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... character . His chaplain , Archdeacon Payne , who married one of his daughters , and whom I am old enough to remember , makes this observation in the short sketch of the bi- shop's life , which he has prefixed to his edition of The ...
... character . His chaplain , Archdeacon Payne , who married one of his daughters , and whom I am old enough to remember , makes this observation in the short sketch of the bi- shop's life , which he has prefixed to his edition of The ...
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... character is still misunderstood by many ; to that I shall confine myself , and , putting aside the enthusiasm of a descendant , I can assert , with the veracity of a biographer , that he was neither cynical , as some have represented ...
... character is still misunderstood by many ; to that I shall confine myself , and , putting aside the enthusiasm of a descendant , I can assert , with the veracity of a biographer , that he was neither cynical , as some have represented ...
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... characters of his different masters very humorously displayed , and the punishments described , which they at times would wrong- fully inflict upon him for seeming to be idle and regardless of his task , “ When the dunces , " he would ...
... characters of his different masters very humorously displayed , and the punishments described , which they at times would wrong- fully inflict upon him for seeming to be idle and regardless of his task , “ When the dunces , " he would ...
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