The Life of Richard Porson, M. A.: Professor of Greek in the University of Cambridge from 1792 to 1808 |
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... The desire to know how our fellow - creatures , espe- cially the most distinguished of them , have lived , is the cause that biography gains so much attention . B Whoever relates the life , or any considerable portion of.
... The desire to know how our fellow - creatures , espe- cially the most distinguished of them , have lived , is the cause that biography gains so much attention . B Whoever relates the life , or any considerable portion of.
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... lived ! " Alas ! in vain that wish Escapes thee . Never , stranger , shalt thou see The youth . He's dead . The virtuous soonest die . " 1781. ] CRAVEN SCHOLARSHIP . Ω ΞΕΙΝΕ , τουτον ὁστις 32 [ CH . III . LIFE OF RICHARD PORSON .
... lived ! " Alas ! in vain that wish Escapes thee . Never , stranger , shalt thou see The youth . He's dead . The virtuous soonest die . " 1781. ] CRAVEN SCHOLARSHIP . Ω ΞΕΙΝΕ , τουτον ὁστις 32 [ CH . III . LIFE OF RICHARD PORSON .
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... lived before Jerome . This version , there- fore , ultimately resolves itself into the authority of those writers . " And among those writers the only ones that are cited in its favour are Tertullian and Cyprian . To what do ...
... lived before Jerome . This version , there- fore , ultimately resolves itself into the authority of those writers . " And among those writers the only ones that are cited in its favour are Tertullian and Cyprian . To what do ...
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... lived , he said , at this period of his life for six weeks on a guinea , which , at sixpence a day , would leave him with sixpence only on the last day . He used to dine on milk , or bread and cheese and porter . Other accounts say that ...
... lived , he said , at this period of his life for six weeks on a guinea , which , at sixpence a day , would leave him with sixpence only on the last day . He used to dine on milk , or bread and cheese and porter . Other accounts say that ...
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... lived at least a month on the sum , taking only two extremely frugal meals in the twenty - four hours . During this period of forced economy he would sometimes walk , as he was possessed of great bodily strength , the whole distance ...
... lived at least a month on the sum , taking only two extremely frugal meals in the twenty - four hours . During this period of forced economy he would sometimes walk , as he was possessed of great bodily strength , the whole distance ...
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