phrontisterion

Updated: June 24, 2025

Paul's, but enjoyed the dignity only a short time, and died in 1870. His essays, chiefly from the Quarterly Review, were published after his death, with Phrontisterion and other things.

George Saintsbury - A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895)

He was an active opponent of the first University Commission, in reference to which he wrote the most brilliant satire of the kind proper to University wits which this century has produced the Aristophanic parody entitled Phrontisterion.

George Saintsbury - A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895)