Memoirs of Richard Cumberland, Volume 1Lackington, Allen, & Company, 1807 - 432 pages |
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Page 7
... considerable distance from London dis- abled him from correcting . I had a copy in- terleaved and corrected and amended through- out by Doctor Bentley , who , being on a vi- sit to my father at his parsonage - house in Northamptonshire ...
... considerable distance from London dis- abled him from correcting . I had a copy in- terleaved and corrected and amended through- out by Doctor Bentley , who , being on a vi- sit to my father at his parsonage - house in Northamptonshire ...
Page 19
... considerable time thoughtful and seem-- ingly embarrassed by the nature of her remark ; at last recollecting himself he said- " Child , I ' am sensible I have not always turned my " talents to the proper use for which I should presume ...
... considerable time thoughtful and seem-- ingly embarrassed by the nature of her remark ; at last recollecting himself he said- " Child , I ' am sensible I have not always turned my " talents to the proper use for which I should presume ...
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... considerable accom- plishments ; he had a fine genius , great wit and a brilliant imagination ; he had also the man- ners and address of a perfect gentleman , but there was a certain eccentricity and want of worldly prudence in my ...
... considerable accom- plishments ; he had a fine genius , great wit and a brilliant imagination ; he had also the man- ners and address of a perfect gentleman , but there was a certain eccentricity and want of worldly prudence in my ...
Page 35
... considerable time , and in that piteous situation visited by my mother , who came from Cambridge on the alarm , and under her ten- der care I at length regained both my spirits and my health . My mother now returned to Cambridge and I ...
... considerable time , and in that piteous situation visited by my mother , who came from Cambridge on the alarm , and under her ten- der care I at length regained both my spirits and my health . My mother now returned to Cambridge and I ...
Page 65
... considerable agitation . There happened to be no occasion for it , as the passages were fami- liar to me , and my amiable examiner seemed perfectly disposed to apprové , cautioning me however not to read in too declamatory a style ...
... considerable agitation . There happened to be no occasion for it , as the passages were fami- liar to me , and my amiable examiner seemed perfectly disposed to apprové , cautioning me however not to read in too declamatory a style ...
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