Memoirs of Richard Cumberland, Volume 1Lackington, Allen, & Company, 1807 - 432 pages |
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... course , more liable to the influences of their pas- sions . Bishop Cumberland was the son of a re- spectable citizen of London , and educated at St. Paul's school , from whence he was admit- ted of Magdalen College in Cambridge , where ...
... course , more liable to the influences of their pas- sions . Bishop Cumberland was the son of a re- spectable citizen of London , and educated at St. Paul's school , from whence he was admit- ted of Magdalen College in Cambridge , where ...
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... course , however trivial or uninteresting it might be . When The Spectators were in publication I have heard my mother say he took great de- light in hearing them read to him , and was so particularly amused by the character of Sir Ro ...
... course , however trivial or uninteresting it might be . When The Spectators were in publication I have heard my mother say he took great de- light in hearing them read to him , and was so particularly amused by the character of Sir Ro ...
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... course of these me- moirs I shall take occasion to recall the atten- tion of my readers to what I have further to relate of him . Elizabeth Bentley , eldest daughter of her father , first married Humphry Ridge Esquire , and after his ...
... course of these me- moirs I shall take occasion to recall the atten- tion of my readers to what I have further to relate of him . Elizabeth Bentley , eldest daughter of her father , first married Humphry Ridge Esquire , and after his ...
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... course , had not the penetrating eye of old Kinsman discovered the grandson of his friend far in the rear of the line of honour , and in a fair train to give the flattest contradiction to his prophecy , Whereupon one day , which by me ...
... course , had not the penetrating eye of old Kinsman discovered the grandson of his friend far in the rear of the line of honour , and in a fair train to give the flattest contradiction to his prophecy , Whereupon one day , which by me ...
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... course of this con- versation being quoted by Kinsman as a man understanding Greek and speaking it almost like his mother tongue- " Yes , ” replied Bent- ley , " I do believe that Barnes had as much Greek , and understood it about as ...
... course of this con- versation being quoted by Kinsman as a man understanding Greek and speaking it almost like his mother tongue- " Yes , ” replied Bent- ley , " I do believe that Barnes had as much Greek , and understood it about as ...
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