Memoirs of Richard Cumberland, Volume 2Lackington, Allen, & Company, 1807 - 432 pages |
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... less abundance recompensed all we suffered by the mid - day violence of the burning sun . In the romantic and more temperate retreat of Cintra we enjoyed the most charming and en- chanting scenes and prospects nature can dis- play . The ...
... less abundance recompensed all we suffered by the mid - day violence of the burning sun . In the romantic and more temperate retreat of Cintra we enjoyed the most charming and en- chanting scenes and prospects nature can dis- play . The ...
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... less than he deserved to be ) for sincerity in his warmest professions , or politeness in his best attempts to please . As I am persuaded that he left behind him in his coffin at La Trappe no one passion , na- tive or engrafted , that ...
... less than he deserved to be ) for sincerity in his warmest professions , or politeness in his best attempts to please . As I am persuaded that he left behind him in his coffin at La Trappe no one passion , na- tive or engrafted , that ...
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... less con- spicuous and universally respected for his vir- tues , for his high sense of honour , his bold sin cerity of speech and generous benignity of soul ; but this good man at the same time had such an over - abundant portion of the ...
... less con- spicuous and universally respected for his vir- tues , for his high sense of honour , his bold sin cerity of speech and generous benignity of soul ; but this good man at the same time had such an over - abundant portion of the ...
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... less than six had been against all rule . I had a stable full of capital Spanish horses , exclusive of the king's , three of which were lent to me for the use of the ladies , and two given to me by Count Kaunitz ; one of these , a most ...
... less than six had been against all rule . I had a stable full of capital Spanish horses , exclusive of the king's , three of which were lent to me for the use of the ladies , and two given to me by Count Kaunitz ; one of these , a most ...
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... less formed to strike beholders with the beauty and com- manding majesty of her person , than to asto- nish all that heard her by the powers , that na- ture and art had combined to give her . My friend Count Pietra Santa , who had ...
... less formed to strike beholders with the beauty and com- manding majesty of her person , than to asto- nish all that heard her by the powers , that na- ture and art had combined to give her . My friend Count Pietra Santa , who had ...
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