Memoirs of Richard Cumberland, Volume 1Lackington, Allen, & Company, 1807 - 432 pages |
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Page 25
... humour so ingeniously and unexpectedly taken up in the progress of her narrative , that she never failed to accomplish all the purposes , which the gaiety of her imagination could lay itself out for : she had a quick intuition into cha ...
... humour so ingeniously and unexpectedly taken up in the progress of her narrative , that she never failed to accomplish all the purposes , which the gaiety of her imagination could lay itself out for : she had a quick intuition into cha ...
Page 125
... humour with myself , and damped that ardent spirit of acquirement , which in my nature seemed to have been its ruling passion . Extremes of any sort are dangerous to youthful minds , and should be studiously avoided . The termina- tion ...
... humour with myself , and damped that ardent spirit of acquirement , which in my nature seemed to have been its ruling passion . Extremes of any sort are dangerous to youthful minds , and should be studiously avoided . The termina- tion ...
Page 140
... humour , and the reward of temperance . We have spun out mutually a long measure of uninterrupted friendship , he in peace throughout , and I at times in per- plexity ; and if I survive to complete these memoirs , and he to read this ...
... humour , and the reward of temperance . We have spun out mutually a long measure of uninterrupted friendship , he in peace throughout , and I at times in per- plexity ; and if I survive to complete these memoirs , and he to read this ...
Page 167
... humour , that enabled him to give its true force and expression to every part he assumed in our private exhibitions . And here let me not omit to mention a near relation , and once my most dear friend , Richard , son of the Reverend ...
... humour , that enabled him to give its true force and expression to every part he assumed in our private exhibitions . And here let me not omit to mention a near relation , and once my most dear friend , Richard , son of the Reverend ...
Page 189
... humour took him to be hyper - critical . Hence it was that his impromptu's in parliament were generally more admired than his studied speeches , and his first suggestions in the coun cils of his party better attended to than his ...
... humour took him to be hyper - critical . Hence it was that his impromptu's in parliament were generally more admired than his studied speeches , and his first suggestions in the coun cils of his party better attended to than his ...
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