Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Porson” in chapter 5 of George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor:

... comment, because his person and manner are not sufficiently interesting to fill his auditorium with hearers and his purse with Frederick d'ors. En passant, I will tell you a story of him. You know Porson is the god of idolatry to all the Hellenists of England, great and small, whether *)attikw/tatos, like Cicero's instructor in rhetoric, or Groeculi esurientes, like Juvenal's, poor fellow!&mda...
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Richard Porson 20 18 0 0 0 user votes
Porson 4 0 0 0 0 user votes

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