Memoirs of Richard Cumberland, Volume 2Lackington, Allen, & Company, 1807 - 432 pages |
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Page 69
... excellent old man , Patrick Curtis by name , and by birth an Irishman , had been above half a century settled in Spain , domestic priest and occasionally pre- ceptor to three successive Dukes of Osuna . In this situation he had been ...
... excellent old man , Patrick Curtis by name , and by birth an Irishman , had been above half a century settled in Spain , domestic priest and occasionally pre- ceptor to three successive Dukes of Osuna . In this situation he had been ...
Page 86
... excellent and royal master , whose virtues made his life and safety dear to all the world , he would in confidence disclose to me that order was given out by his Catholic Majesty to select from his stud in the Mancha ten the noblest ...
... excellent and royal master , whose virtues made his life and safety dear to all the world , he would in confidence disclose to me that order was given out by his Catholic Majesty to select from his stud in the Mancha ten the noblest ...
Page 128
... excellent rules of conduct I was prepared to pay the most correct and cheer- ful obedience . For the favour of his lordship's information , that he would have spared me the trouble and fatigue of my long journey , if he had been 128 ...
... excellent rules of conduct I was prepared to pay the most correct and cheer- ful obedience . For the favour of his lordship's information , that he would have spared me the trouble and fatigue of my long journey , if he had been 128 ...
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... excellent engineer , roasted them whole with surprising expedition and address in a kitchen and at a fire , which would have puzzled all the resources of a French cook , and which no English scullion would have approached in her very ...
... excellent engineer , roasted them whole with surprising expedition and address in a kitchen and at a fire , which would have puzzled all the resources of a French cook , and which no English scullion would have approached in her very ...
Page 153
... excellent pasture for sheep , being of a light downy soil . The cathedral church of Burgos deserves the notice and admiration of every traveller , and it was with sincere regret . I found myself at lei- sure to devote no more than one ...
... excellent pasture for sheep , being of a light downy soil . The cathedral church of Burgos deserves the notice and admiration of every traveller , and it was with sincere regret . I found myself at lei- sure to devote no more than one ...
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