Memoirs of Richard Cumberland, Volume 2Lackington, Allen, & Company, 1807 - 432 pages |
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... nature can dis- play . The rock , the cork convent and the an- cient palace of Cintra are objects that surpass description ; from the latter of these the rock and town of Cintra , with all the country about it as far as to the palace of ...
... nature can dis- play . The rock , the cork convent and the an- cient palace of Cintra are objects that surpass description ; from the latter of these the rock and town of Cintra , with all the country about it as far as to the palace of ...
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... nature of the passport and the circum- " stances , that have arisen , make it indispen- " sible for me to take them with me , not only " as an excuse for my delay upon the road till " Mr. Hussey shall meet me , but also as a cover " for ...
... nature of the passport and the circum- " stances , that have arisen , make it indispen- " sible for me to take them with me , not only " as an excuse for my delay upon the road till " Mr. Hussey shall meet me , but also as a cover " for ...
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... natural both in policy and po- liteness as to write to him , especially on a sub- ject so deeply interesting , so imperiously de- manding of me an appeal , that to have sunk under it in silence would have been disgraceful in the extreme ...
... natural both in policy and po- liteness as to write to him , especially on a sub- ject so deeply interesting , so imperiously de- manding of me an appeal , that to have sunk under it in silence would have been disgraceful in the extreme ...
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... nature . That I had been careful enough to have sa- tisfactory proofs of a willingness to treat be- fore I committed myself to conversation is sufficiently clear from the circumstance above mentioned of the overtures presented to me in ...
... nature . That I had been careful enough to have sa- tisfactory proofs of a willingness to treat be- fore I committed myself to conversation is sufficiently clear from the circumstance above mentioned of the overtures presented to me in ...
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... nature hardly has a sam- ple to produce upon the habitable globe : yet within this gloomy and enormous receptacle there is abundant food for curiosity in paint- ings , books and consecrated treasures exceed- ing all description . There ...
... nature hardly has a sam- ple to produce upon the habitable globe : yet within this gloomy and enormous receptacle there is abundant food for curiosity in paint- ings , books and consecrated treasures exceed- ing all description . There ...
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