Memoirs of Richard Cumberland, Volume 1Lackington, Allen, & Company, 1807 - 432 pages |
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... taken place , search was made after the ablest protestant divines to fill up va- cancies in the hierarchy , and rally round their late endangered church . - Without interest , and without a wish to emerge from his obscu- rity and ...
... taken place , search was made after the ablest protestant divines to fill up va- cancies in the hierarchy , and rally round their late endangered church . - Without interest , and without a wish to emerge from his obscu- rity and ...
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... taken . In the oriental languages , in mathematics , and even in anatomy , he was deeply learned ; in short , his mind was fitted for elaborate and profound researches , as his works more fully testify . It is to be lamented that his ...
... taken . In the oriental languages , in mathematics , and even in anatomy , he was deeply learned ; in short , his mind was fitted for elaborate and profound researches , as his works more fully testify . It is to be lamented that his ...
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... taken with the offender , Doctor Bentley interposed , saying , " Why tell the man he is a thief ? he " knows that well enough , without thy infor- " mation , Greaves . - Harkye , fellow , thou see'st " the trade which thou hast taken up ...
... taken with the offender , Doctor Bentley interposed , saying , " Why tell the man he is a thief ? he " knows that well enough , without thy infor- " mation , Greaves . - Harkye , fellow , thou see'st " the trade which thou hast taken up ...
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... 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- racters , and a faculty of marking out ...
... 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- racters , and a faculty of marking out ...
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... taken with me in this state of mutiny against all the 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 ...
... taken with me in this state of mutiny against all the 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 ...
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