Note 301 — JOURNAL OF ELIZABETH LADY HOLLAND (continued 5)

Richard Porson (1759–1808), classical scholar. This is evidently the occasion mentioned by Lord Holland in his Miscellaneous Recollections. ‘When I asked him to my house he peremptorily declined coming; on my repeating my invitation, he sent me word that he had “broken his leg and could not come,” though he was frequently met about the same time walking in the streets. Perhaps he was affronted at my sending the invitation by a common friend, instead of calling myself, or perhaps he was on that, as on other occasions, extremely jealous of being invited as a show.’