Memoirs of Richard Cumberland, written by himself. Containing an account of his life and writings, interspersed with anecdotes and characters ..

Front matter

MEMOIRS

RICHARD CUMBERLAND,

WEITTEN BY HIMSELF.

Contents

CHAPTEE I.

Author's Preface — His ancestors — Doctor Richard Cumherland — Doctor Richard Bentley — Swift's Battle of the Boolcs — Anecdotes of Bentley — Collins — His controversy with Bentley — Roger Cotes — Character of Bentley — Mrs. Bentley — Richard Bentley, the younger — His connection with Horace Walpole — Character of Walpole — Elizabeth Bentley — Joanna Bentley, Cumberland's mother — Author's reflections — His boyhood — His teacher, Arthur Kinsman — Anecdote of — Cumberland at school — Joshua Barnes — Warburton — Death of Dr. Bentley — Cumberland's success in his studies — Attempts English verse ■ — His home — His mother forms his taste in poetry — Goes to Westminster — Vincent Bourne — Warren Hastings — Colman — Hinchliflfe, Smith, and Vincent ■ — Dr. Nichols — Execution of Lords Kilmarnock and Balmerino^Anecdote of Selwyn — Progress of the rebels — Westminster school — Eton school — Edmund Ashby — Cumberland goes to the play — Garrick — Death of Cumberland's sister — Enters Trinity College ..... page 9