Porson

"I am called Porson, ma'am, but I have another name.

A Rough Shaking George MacDonald 1864

Flavia thinks that her days of crime-solving in the bucolic English hamlet of Bishop’s Lacy are overand then Rupert Porson has an unfortunate rendezvous with electricity.

The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley: Book summary 2010

Richard Porson (1759-1808), a Cambridge classical scholar who was also a radical Whig apologist, even tried to take credit for composing it.

Other Romantic Devils 1997

Drive as an imitation of The Devil's Thoughts, which he read in a version misattributed to Porson;

Other Romantic Devils 1997

The bigoted advocate of popes and monks may be turned over even to the bigots of Oxford; and the wretched Travis still smarts under the lash of the merciless Porson.

Memoirs of My Life and Writings Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794 1994

But to Porson and Wainwright Mr. Watkins was less aggressive, and explained that the green was intended to be the first coating of his picture.

Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers Various

"Have you exhibited very much?" said young Porson in the bar-parlor of the "Coach and Horses," where Mr. Watkins was skilfully accumulating local information on the night of his arrival.

Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers Various

"I'm goin 'to have a thing called a dark lantern," he said to Porson.

Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers Various

With reference to the imposition supposed to be set Porson (Vol. ii., p. 71.), and shown by C. at p. 106. to be by Joshua Barnes, I question whether any imposition were ever set him: for I have heard Mr. Summers (Porson's first instructor) observe, that he was a well-conducted man during the whole of his undergraduateship; others have reported the same of him.

Notes and Queries, Number 63, January 11, 1851 Various

"Oh!" said Porson, too staggered to continue the conversation.

Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers Various