The Life of Richard Porson, M. A.: Professor of Greek in the University of Cambridge from 1792 to 1808 |
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... complete biography . Various notices of him were published about the time of his death , and anecdotes and short accounts of him have occasionally appeared since , but no full history of his life has ever been offered to the public ...
... complete biography . Various notices of him were published about the time of his death , and anecdotes and short accounts of him have occasionally appeared since , but no full history of his life has ever been offered to the public ...
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... complete list of the subscribers to the fund for Porson's annuity , and has supplied me with some letters and anecdotes relating to the learned professor . To the Rev. H. R. Luard , Fellow of Trinity College , Cambridge , author of a ...
... complete list of the subscribers to the fund for Porson's annuity , and has supplied me with some letters and anecdotes relating to the learned professor . To the Rev. H. R. Luard , Fellow of Trinity College , Cambridge , author of a ...
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... complete without those inser- tions . The question respecting their genuineness is merely a question of criticism ; the Christian religion will stand equally sure , whatever be the opinion of Christians concerning them . 39 Erasmus , in ...
... complete without those inser- tions . The question respecting their genuineness is merely a question of criticism ; the Christian religion will stand equally sure , whatever be the opinion of Christians concerning them . 39 Erasmus , in ...
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... winded periphrasis of half a dozen lines , when the complete sense might be conveyed in as many words . " † * Letters to Travis , Preface , p . xxii . I am 66 1790. ] STYLE OF THE LETTERS TO TRAVIS . 78 [ CH . VI . LIFE OF RICHARD PORSON .
... winded periphrasis of half a dozen lines , when the complete sense might be conveyed in as many words . " † * Letters to Travis , Preface , p . xxii . I am 66 1790. ] STYLE OF THE LETTERS TO TRAVIS . 78 [ CH . VI . LIFE OF RICHARD PORSON .
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... months . He had borrowed the manuscript of the Greek Lexicon compiled by Photius , the patriarch of Constantinople , from the library of Trinity College , Cambridge , engaging K to make a complete copy of it . This manuscript.
... months . He had borrowed the manuscript of the Greek Lexicon compiled by Photius , the patriarch of Constantinople , from the library of Trinity College , Cambridge , engaging K to make a complete copy of it . This manuscript.
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