The Life of Richard Porson, M.A. ...Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 431 páginas |
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... wrote with a pen but im- perfectly ; but in three months he became the best writer in the school , and in six months is said to have known as much of arithmetic as his master . He very early fixed his thoughts on the structure of ...
... wrote with a pen but im- perfectly ; but in three months he became the best writer in the school , and in six months is said to have known as much of arithmetic as his master . He very early fixed his thoughts on the structure of ...
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... wrote to Lambert , relating what Porson had read with him while under his tuition . " SIR , " As I have had the orderly and good boy under my care for almost two years , I think it proper to tell you how he has been employed during that ...
... wrote to Lambert , relating what Porson had read with him while under his tuition . " SIR , " As I have had the orderly and good boy under my care for almost two years , I think it proper to tell you how he has been employed during that ...
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... wrote to the Duke of Rutland and the Earl of Mansfield , to engage their in- terest for him at that seminary , of which they were governors . But their nominations for the next vacancy had been long pre - engaged , and some other plan ...
... wrote to the Duke of Rutland and the Earl of Mansfield , to engage their in- terest for him at that seminary , of which they were governors . But their nominations for the next vacancy had been long pre - engaged , and some other plan ...
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... adviser and support . He used to dwell on this lively part of his youth with peculiar complacency ; and we have heard him repeat a drama which he wrote for exhibition in their long 16 [ CH . II . LIFE OF RICHARD PORSON .
... adviser and support . He used to dwell on this lively part of his youth with peculiar complacency ; and we have heard him repeat a drama which he wrote for exhibition in their long 16 [ CH . II . LIFE OF RICHARD PORSON .
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... wrote two dramatic pieces , and acted in them himself ; but that nothing more is remem- bered of them than that the one , which was entitled " Out of the Frying - pan into the Fire , " was more in- genious and elaborate than the other ...
... wrote two dramatic pieces , and acted in them himself ; but that nothing more is remem- bered of them than that the one , which was entitled " Out of the Frying - pan into the Fire , " was more in- genious and elaborate than the other ...
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The Life of Richard Porson, M. A.: Professor of Greek in the University of ... John Selby Watson Visualização integral - 1861 |
The Life of Richard Porson, M. A.: Professor of Greek in the University of ... John Selby Watson Visualização integral - 1861 |
The Life of Richard Porson, M. A.: Professor of Greek in the University of ... John Selby Watson Visualização integral - 1861 |
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