The Life of Richard Porson, M. A.: Professor of Greek in the University of Cambridge from 1792 to 1808 |
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... Regard to be paid to it . His willingness to communicate Information . His fondness for Beauty of Penmanship . — His Conduct towards his Relatives . His Aversion to Writing . Little Imagination or Power of Production . - The better ...
... Regard to be paid to it . His willingness to communicate Information . His fondness for Beauty of Penmanship . — His Conduct towards his Relatives . His Aversion to Writing . Little Imagination or Power of Production . - The better ...
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... regard . But the pleasure which the biographer thus derives from his occupation is often somewhat diminished by the consciousness that , to satisfy those who seek his pages , he must tell the whole truth concerning the person of whom he ...
... regard . But the pleasure which the biographer thus derives from his occupation is often somewhat diminished by the consciousness that , to satisfy those who seek his pages , he must tell the whole truth concerning the person of whom he ...
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... many critics , so the present editor has very judi- ciously observed , with regard to the other part of the charge , that Socrates is not so much the object of ridicule in the comedy of the Clouds ' as the philosophers in general.
... many critics , so the present editor has very judi- ciously observed , with regard to the other part of the charge , that Socrates is not so much the object of ridicule in the comedy of the Clouds ' as the philosophers in general.
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... regard to doctrines than they appear to have at present , and had certainly less show of strictness in their lives , manifested great conscientious- ness and honesty . Among the volumes with which he met in the course of his theological ...
... regard to doctrines than they appear to have at present , and had certainly less show of strictness in their lives , manifested great conscientious- ness and honesty . Among the volumes with which he met in the course of his theological ...
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... regard to religion , which had been consecrated by the pro- found veneration of ages , which had been established by length of time , and which he clearly perceived that his coun- trymen would have thought it infidelity to assail , he ...
... regard to religion , which had been consecrated by the pro- found veneration of ages , which had been established by length of time , and which he clearly perceived that his coun- trymen would have thought it infidelity to assail , he ...
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