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Richard Porson
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“To a gentleman, who, at the close of a fierce dispute with Porson, exclaimed, "My opinion of you is most contemptible, Sir"; he retorted, "I never knew an opinion of yours that was not contemptible.”
Richard Porson (1759–1808) said by 1808 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: John Selby Watson, The Life of Richard Porson, M.A. (1861), p. 385.
“When Billy found he scarce could stand, "Help, help!" he cried, and stretch'd his hand, To faithful Henry calling: Quoth Hal, "My friend, I'm sorry for't; 'Tis not my practice to support A minister that's falling.”
Richard Porson (1759–1808) said by 1808 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Who's up ?" inquired Burke of a friend at the door, "Oh, no one," says Paddy, "tho' Pitt's on the floor.”
Richard Porson (1759–1808) said by 1808 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A little garden little Jowett made, And fenced it with a little palisade; A little taste hath little Dr. Jowett; This little garden doth a little show it.”
Richard Porson (1759–1808) said by 1808 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: See the Life of Richard Porson, by J. Selby Watson (1861)]
“Here lies a Doctor of Divinity, Who was a Fellow too of Trinity; He knew as much about Divinity As other Fellows do of Trinity.”
Richard Porson (1759–1808) said by 1808 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I went to Frankfort and got drunk With that most learn'd Professor Brunck: I went to Wortz and got more drunken With that more learn'd Professor Ruhnken.”
Richard Porson (1759–1808) said by 1808 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: [This epigram is wholly imaginary, for Porson was never out of England. The lines are from Facetiae Canitabrigienses (1825)]