The Life of Richard Porson, M. A.: Professor of Greek in the University of Cambridge from 1792 to 1808Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - Всего страниц: 431 |
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... told that it was an invention . 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 ...
... told that it was an invention . 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 ...
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... told without reluctance . No human character is perfect ; and those who speak of the best of men have frequently to notice in them errors and deficiencies which they cannot but lament . Yet , unless the biographer offers a mere apology ...
... told without reluctance . No human character is perfect ; and those who speak of the best of men have frequently to notice in them errors and deficiencies which they cannot but lament . Yet , unless the biographer offers a mere apology ...
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... told me , was ' Chambers's Cyclopædia ; ' he read the whole of that dic- tionary through , and in a great degree made himself master of the algebraic part of that work entirely by the force of his understanding . “ Dr. Goodall was then ...
... told me , was ' Chambers's Cyclopædia ; ' he read the whole of that dic- tionary through , and in a great degree made himself master of the algebraic part of that work entirely by the force of his understanding . “ Dr. Goodall was then ...
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... an Etonian , he himself told Mr. Maltby , and said that almost the only thing he recollected with pleasure during his Eton course was the rat - hunting with which the boys amused themselves in c 2 1774-8 . ] 19 HIS EARLY VERSIFICATION .
... an Etonian , he himself told Mr. Maltby , and said that almost the only thing he recollected with pleasure during his Eton course was the rat - hunting with which the boys amused themselves in c 2 1774-8 . ] 19 HIS EARLY VERSIFICATION .
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... told Porson not to let the handwriting be too good . * How Porson found opportunities of being with Disney at Westminster when it was not vacation time , is not explained . There was a boy named Murphitt at Eton , of a somewhat ungainly ...
... told Porson not to let the handwriting be too good . * How Porson found opportunities of being with Disney at Westminster when it was not vacation time , is not explained . There was a boy named Murphitt at Eton , of a somewhat ungainly ...
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Account of Porson afterwards anapæst Anecd Anecdotes appeared Aristophanes Athenæus Barker's Lit believe Beloe Bentley Bishop Brunck Burney cæsura called Cambridge character church copy correct critic East Ruston edition editor Elmsley emendations Eschylus Eton Euripides excellent expressed father favour gentleman give Greek Greek language H. R. Luard Hecuba Hermann hogs Homer honour Horace Ireland Kidd language Latin learned letter literary Lucretius Maltby manuscripts Medea metre mind Morning Chronicle never notice observed opinion papers Parr Parr's passage perhaps Perry poets Porsoniana praise preface present printed Professor published reader regard remarks replied RICHARD PORSON Rogers's Table Talk salt-box says scholar Sexagenarian Shakspeare Siday Sophocles specimen supposed thought tion told translation Travis trimeter Trinity College verse VILLOISON Wakefield William Henry Ireland wish words writing written wrote καὶ
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Стр. 171 - ... of one opinion, and making that opinion a truism which is accepted by all enlightened men, even though they have not themselves examined the evidence on which it rests. Thus, if any one in a company of ordinarily educated persons were to deny the motion of the earth, or the circulation of the blood, his statement would be received with derision, though it is probable that some of his audience would be unable to demonstrate the first truth, and that very few of them could give sufficient reasons...
Стр. 130 - To each his sufferings : all are men, Condemn'd alike to groan ; The tender for another's pain, The unfeeling for his own. Yet, ah ! why should they know their fate, Since sorrow never comes too late, And happiness too swiftly flies? Thought would destroy their paradise. No more ; — where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.
Стр. 50 - Read Homer once, and you can read no more ; For all books else appear so mean, so poor, Verse will seem prose : but still persist to read. And Homer will be all the books you need.
Стр. 27 - Muse's steed, Restrain his fury then provoke his speed : The winged courser, like a generous horse, Shows most true mettle when you check his course Those rules of old, discover'd, not devis'd, Are nature still, but nature methodiz'd : Nature, like liberty, is but restrain'd By the same laws which first herself ordain'd.
Стр. 344 - ... and all the ornaments and furniture carried away. In this edifice it was determined I should lodge. The great gate fronting to the north was about four feet high, and almost two feet wide, through which I could easily creep.
Стр. 104 - Whatever concern this may give me for myself, it gives me none for the public. I trust there are at least twenty or thirty in the University equally able and willing to undertake the office; possessed, many, of talents superior to mine, and all of a more complying conscience. This I speak upon the supposition that the next Greek Professor will be compelled to read lectures : but if the place remains a sinecure, the number of qualified persons will be greatly increased. And though it were even granted,...
Стр. 153 - The next had all the cunning of a Scot ; The third invention, genius — nay, what not ? Fraud, now exhausted, only could dispense To her fourth son their threefold impudence.
Стр. 373 - I am quite satisfied if, three hundred years hence, it shall be said that one Porson lived towards the close of the eighteenth century, who did a good deal for the text of Euripides.
Стр. 102 - SIR, — When I first received the favour of your letter, I must own that I felt rather vexation and chagrin than hope and satisfaction. I had looked upon myself so completely in the light of an outcast from Alma Mater, that I had made up my mind to have no farther connexion with the place.
Стр. 307 - Ma'am, you carry all before you ; Trust me, Lichfield swan, you do. MISS SEWARD. Ode didactic, epic, sonnet, Mr. Hayley you're divine. MR. HAYLEY. Ma'am, I'll take my oath upon it. You yourself are all the nine ! A PIPE OF TOBACCO, IN IMITATION OF SIX SEVERAL AUTHORS, BY ISAAC HAWKINS BROWNE, ESQ.