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Excerpt from The Correspondence of Richard Porson, M.A: Formerly Regius Professor of Greek in the University of Cambridge The letters to the Rev. John Hailstone, Wood wardian Professor and afterwards Vicar of Trumping ton, are in the possession of his nephew, the Rev. John Hailstone of Anglesey Abbey, and are printed by his kind permission. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.