 And though a linguist should pride himself to have all the tongues that Babel cleft the world into, yet if he have not studied the solid things in them as well as the words and lexicons, he were nothing so much to be esteemed a learned man, as any yeoman...  The British Educator - Strana 1181856Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1839 - Počet stránok 100
...'Tractate of Education,' has expressed himself in the following forcible and beautiful language: — 'And though a linguist should pride himself to have all...tongues that Babel cleft the world into, yet if he had not studied the solid things in them, as well as the words and lexicons, he were nothing so much... | |
 | George Combe - 1839 - Počet stránok 156
...flexibility, and beauty of style, by extensive miscellaneous reading in his native tongue. Milton says, " Though a linguist should pride himself to have all the tongues that Babel cleft this world into, yet, if he have not studied the solid things in them, as well as the words and lexicons,... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1839 - Počet stránok 514
...Tractate of Education," has expressed himself in the following forcible and beautiful language :-•"And though a linguist should pride himself to have all the tongues that BabeF cleft the world into, yet if he had not studied the solid things in them, as well as the words... | |
 | 1839 - Počet stránok 636
...after wisdom ; so that language is but the instrument conveying to us things useful to be known. And though a linguist should pride himself to have all the tongues that Habel cleft the world into, yet if he have not studied the solid things in them as well as the words... | |
 | John George Cochrane - 1840 - Počet stránok 480
...all things the Greek student will most carefully avoid the barren puerilities of the Porsonian * " We do amiss to spend seven or eight years merely in scraping together so much miserable Luiiu and Greek as might be learned otherwise easily and delightfully in one year."— Milton, letter... | |
 | 1840 - Počet stránok 544
...humanity good service. Of all things the Greek student will most carefully avoid the barren puerili* "We do amiss to spend seven or eight years merely in scraping logtlhtr so much miserable Latin and Ortek as might be learned otherwise easily and delightfully in... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1841 - Počet stránok 382
...Tractate of Education," has expressed himself in the following forcible and beautiful language: — "And though a linguist should pride himself to have all...tongues that Babel cleft the world into, yet if he had not studied the solid things in them, as well as the words and lexicons, he were nothing so much... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - Počet stránok 692
...should pride himself to have all the tourne* hat Babel cleft the world into, yet, if he have nvt itudied the solid things in them, as well as the words and...esteemed a learned man, as any yeoman or tradesman compeently wise in his mother dialect only. Hence appear the many mistakes which have made learning... | |
 | John Milton - 1845 - Počet stránok 572
...after wisdom ; so that language is but the instrument conveying to us things useful to be known. And though a linguist should pride himself to have all...tradesman competently wise in his mother dialect only. Hence appear the many mistakes which have made learning generally so unpleasing and so unsuccessful;... | |
 | John Milton - 1845 - Počet stránok 572
...language is but the instrument conveying to us things use- \ ful to be known. And though a ImguisFsEould pride himself to have all the tongues that Babel cleft...tradesman competently wise in his mother dialect only. Hence appear the many mistakes which have made learning generally so unpleasing and so unsuccessful... | |
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