Memoirs of Richard Cumberland, Volume 1Lackington, Allen, & Company, 1807 - 432 pages |
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... leave to speak . Of him I have perfect recollection . His per- son , his dignity , his language and his love fixed my early attention , and stamped both his image B 4 RICHARD CUMBERLAND . 7 present a copy of that portrait from which the ...
... leave to speak . Of him I have perfect recollection . His per- son , his dignity , his language and his love fixed my early attention , and stamped both his image B 4 RICHARD CUMBERLAND . 7 present a copy of that portrait from which the ...
Page 12
... Leave ' your boy in possession of his opinion ; he " has as clear a conception of sleep , and at least as comfortable an one , as the philosophers " who puzzle their brains about it , and do not " rest so well . " Though Bishop Lowth ...
... Leave ' your boy in possession of his opinion ; he " has as clear a conception of sleep , and at least as comfortable an one , as the philosophers " who puzzle their brains about it , and do not " rest so well . " Though Bishop Lowth ...
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... leave the author to defend himself . His ordinary style of conversation was na- turally lofty , and his frequent use of thou and thee with his familiars carried with it a kind of dictatorial tone , that savoured more of the closet than ...
... leave the author to defend himself . His ordinary style of conversation was na- turally lofty , and his frequent use of thou and thee with his familiars carried with it a kind of dictatorial tone , that savoured more of the closet than ...
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... go his way way and never steal again . I leave it with those , who consider mercy as one of man's best attributes , to suggest a plea 66 66 for the informality of this proceeding , and to such RICHARD CUMBERLAND . 15.
... go his way way and never steal again . I leave it with those , who consider mercy as one of man's best attributes , to suggest a plea 66 66 for the informality of this proceeding , and to such RICHARD CUMBERLAND . 15.
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... leave a hope that a single word had escaped the notice of my school- fellows . I well remember his demanding of me what report I could expect him to make of me to my grandfather Bentley . I shuddered at the name , even at that early age ...
... leave a hope that a single word had escaped the notice of my school- fellows . I well remember his demanding of me what report I could expect him to make of me to my grandfather Bentley . I shuddered at the name , even at that early age ...
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