Memoirs of Richard Cumberland, Volume 1Lackington, Allen, & Company, 1807 - 432 pages |
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Page 23
... powers in embryo , that would have enabled him to excel , but submitted to be the projector of Gothic embellishments for Strawberry Hill , and humble designer of draw- ings to ornament a thin folio of a meagre col- lection of odes by ...
... powers in embryo , that would have enabled him to excel , but submitted to be the projector of Gothic embellishments for Strawberry Hill , and humble designer of draw- ings to ornament a thin folio of a meagre col- lection of odes by ...
Page 25
... powers were bril- liant , but not uniform , for on some occasions she would persist in a determined taciturnity to the regret of the company present , and at other times would lead off in her best manner , when perhaps none were present ...
... powers were bril- liant , but not uniform , for on some occasions she would persist in a determined taciturnity to the regret of the company present , and at other times would lead off in her best manner , when perhaps none were present ...
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... powers of the alphabet ; my book was put be- fore me , my lesson pointed out , and though I never articulated a single word , I conned it over in silence to myself . I have traces of my sensations at this period still in my mind , and ...
... powers of the alphabet ; my book was put be- fore me , my lesson pointed out , and though I never articulated a single word , I conned it over in silence to myself . I have traces of my sensations at this period still in my mind , and ...
Page 61
... powers , Is this my doom , my torment- ? Heaven is here Where Juliet lives , and each unworthy thing Lives here in heaven and may look on her , But Romeo may not : more validity , More honourable state , more worship lives In carrion ...
... powers , Is this my doom , my torment- ? Heaven is here Where Juliet lives , and each unworthy thing Lives here in heaven and may look on her , But Romeo may not : more validity , More honourable state , more worship lives In carrion ...
Page 62
... powers to tell you what I feel , " A tongue to speak my heart's unfeign'd contrition , " Then might I lay the bleeding part before you ; " But ' twill not be - something I yet would say " To extenuate my crime ; I fain would plead " The ...
... powers to tell you what I feel , " A tongue to speak my heart's unfeign'd contrition , " Then might I lay the bleeding part before you ; " But ' twill not be - something I yet would say " To extenuate my crime ; I fain would plead " The ...
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