The Life of Richard Porson, M. A.: Professor of Greek in the University of Cambridge from 1792 to 1808Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 431페이지 |
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... frag- ments called " Barker's Literary Anecdotes . " To Barker it may be observed , every one who writes of Po must be in some degree indebted , for though he little judgment to combine or arrange , he had great vi PREFACE .
... frag- ments called " Barker's Literary Anecdotes . " To Barker it may be observed , every one who writes of Po must be in some degree indebted , for though he little judgment to combine or arrange , he had great vi PREFACE .
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... " Remarks in the " Pursuits of Literature . " - Humorous Translations of Three Odes of Horace , in reference to the Politics of the Day . Some additional Observations - 191 - CHAP . XVII . - Occasion of the Publication xii CONTENTS .
... " Remarks in the " Pursuits of Literature . " - Humorous Translations of Three Odes of Horace , in reference to the Politics of the Day . Some additional Observations - 191 - CHAP . XVII . - Occasion of the Publication xii CONTENTS .
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... Observations on the Notes to the Play . - Review of Pybus's " Sovereign " in the " Monthly Review . " - Rhymes on Pybus and others . - Greek Translation of a Nursery Rhyme . Porson receives a Letter and some Books from Gail . -A Second ...
... Observations on the Notes to the Play . - Review of Pybus's " Sovereign " in the " Monthly Review . " - Rhymes on Pybus and others . - Greek Translation of a Nursery Rhyme . Porson receives a Letter and some Books from Gail . -A Second ...
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... observe Abstinence - - CHAP . XXIII . 271 Porson's wonderful Memory . - Its Stores always ready for Use . Display of it at a Friend's House in the Country.- Instance of it given by Coxe . - His Repetition of Pope's " Eloisa ...
... observe Abstinence - - CHAP . XXIII . 271 Porson's wonderful Memory . - Its Stores always ready for Use . Display of it at a Friend's House in the Country.- Instance of it given by Coxe . - His Repetition of Pope's " Eloisa ...
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... observed that he did not seem to be looking on that part of the page in which the lesson was . He therefore took the book from his hand to examine it , and found it to be an English translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses . Porson was good ...
... observed that he did not seem to be looking on that part of the page in which the lesson was . He therefore took the book from his hand to examine it , and found it to be an English translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses . Porson was good ...
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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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171 페이지 - ... 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...
130 페이지 - 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.
50 페이지 - 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.
27 페이지 - 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.
344 페이지 - ... 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.
104 페이지 - 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,...
153 페이지 - 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.
373 페이지 - 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.
102 페이지 - 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.
307 페이지 - 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.