The Life of Richard Porson, M. A.: Professor of Greek in the University of Cambridge from 1792 to 1808 |
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... known to classical scholars . He would go into Whiter's rooms , open whatever book Whiter would allow him to take , and , with any pen * Notes and Queries , 1st series , vol . iii . p . 28 . that he could find on the table , write notes.
... known to classical scholars . He would go into Whiter's rooms , open whatever book Whiter would allow him to take , and , with any pen * Notes and Queries , 1st series , vol . iii . p . 28 . that he could find on the table , write notes.
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... table , write notes on the margin in the neatest of hands . Mr. Whiter's nephew possesses a copy of Athenæus that belonged to his uncle , in which are many annotations written by Por- son with the greatest distinctness , though the ...
... table , write notes on the margin in the neatest of hands . Mr. Whiter's nephew possesses a copy of Athenæus that belonged to his uncle , in which are many annotations written by Por- son with the greatest distinctness , though the ...
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... of Wight . The interval between his election to his fellowship and the * Stephens's Memoirs of Horne Tooke , vol . ii . P. 315 . † Rogers's Table Talk , " Porsoniana , " p . 300 . time when he took his M.A. degree in 1785 , D 2.
... of Wight . The interval between his election to his fellowship and the * Stephens's Memoirs of Horne Tooke , vol . ii . P. 315 . † Rogers's Table Talk , " Porsoniana , " p . 300 . time when he took his M.A. degree in 1785 , D 2.
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... table ; it is not credible that he would have been so great an admirer of him as to write an epigram in his praise , contain- ing a most extravagant compliment . Missa igitur hæc facia- mus . Of the indecency which abounds in ...
... table ; it is not credible that he would have been so great an admirer of him as to write an epigram in his praise , contain- ing a most extravagant compliment . Missa igitur hæc facia- mus . Of the indecency which abounds in ...
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... In 1785 , nothing is recorded as having proceeded from his pen but the following jeu d'esprit on an * Tracts , p . xli . † Rogers's Table Talk , " Porsoniana , " p . 236 . animal that was attracting much attention at the time .
... In 1785 , nothing is recorded as having proceeded from his pen but the following jeu d'esprit on an * Tracts , p . xli . † Rogers's Table Talk , " Porsoniana , " p . 236 . animal that was attracting much attention at the time .
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