Excerpt from The Life of Richard Porson, M.A: Professor of Greek in the University of Cambridge From 1792 to 1808 The kindness of the Arch deacon of Colchester, Dr. Charles Parr Burney, the son of Porson's intimate friend, has enabled me to give, from his father's papers, a nearly complete list of the subscribers to the fund for Porson's annuity, and has supplied me with some letters and anecdotes relating to the learned professor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic ...
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Excerpt from The Life of Richard Porson, M.A: Professor of Greek in the University of Cambridge From 1792 to 1808 The kindness of the Arch deacon of Colchester, Dr. Charles Parr Burney, the son of Porson's intimate friend, has enabled me to give, from his father's papers, a nearly complete list of the subscribers to the fund for Porson's annuity, and has supplied me with some letters and anecdotes relating to the learned professor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Good. 1861. Three quarter leather and cloth boards. 8vo. xvi & 431 pp. Some shelf wear to boards, with noticeable rubbing to leather and a tear to upper front joint. Previous owner's inscription to ffep. Traces of removed library labels to both pastedowns. Penciled underlining and margin notes to text, with extensive notes to rear pastedown. Foxing and toning to pages. Altogether a copy in Good condition. (Subject: Ancient & Classical Studies. )