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 Pleasures of Life - Página 179por Sir John Lubbock - 1887 - 191 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| Laconics - 1829 - 352 páginas
...vaunts.—Lord Bacon. DCCCCLXV. Though a Linguist should pride himself to have all the tongues that Babel cleft the world into, yet if he have not studied...esteemed a learned man, as any yeoman or tradesman compe-i tantly wise in his mother dialect only. Hence appear the many mistakes which have made learning... | |
| Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 412 páginas
...linguist should pride himself to have all the tongues that Babel cleft the world-into, yet, if he had not studied the solid things in them, as well as the...tradesman competently wise in his mother dialect only. Milton. The imguadentals, f, c, as also the linguadentaU, th, dh, he will soon learn. Holder's Elements... | |
| John Timbs - 1829 - 354 páginas
...vaunts — Lord Bacon. DCCCCLXV. 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 Its the words ami lexicons, he were nothing so much to be esteemed a learned man, as any yeoman or... | |
| 1827 - 794 páginas
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| lady Pleasance Smith - 1832 - 652 páginas
...coincide with those of Milton. " Though a linguist should pride himself to have all the tongues that Babel cleft the world into, yet if he have not studied the .•in/til tllings in them, as well as the words and lexicons, he were nothing so much to be esteemed... | |
| Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1834 - 364 páginas
...things useful to be known. And though a linguist should pride himself to have all the tongues that Babel cleft the world into, yet, if he have not studied...tradesman competently wise in his mother dialect only. Hence appear the many mistakes which have made learning generally so unpleasing and so unsuccessful... | |
| George Combe - 1834 - 144 páginas
...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...competently wise in his mother dialect only.' And Dr. ADAM SMITH observes, that 'it seldom happens that a man, in any part of his life, derives any conveniency... | |
| James Simpson - 1834 - 350 páginas
...linguist should pride himself to have all the tongues that Babel cleft this world into, yet, if he has not studied the solid things in them, as well as the...as any yeoman or tradesman competently wise in his mother-dialect only." LOCKE, on Education, says, "Would not a Chinese, who had notice of our way of... | |
| John Milton - 1835 - 1044 páginas
...things useful to be known. And though a linguist should pride himself to have all the tongues that Babel cleft the world into, yet if he have not studied...tradesman competently wise in his mother dialect only. Hence appear the many mistakes which have made learning generally so unpleasing and so unsuccessful;... | |
| 1836 - 432 páginas
...things useful to be known. And though a linguist should pride himself to have all the tongues that Babel cleft the world into, yet if he have not studied...as any yeoman or tradesman competently wise in his mother-dialect only. Hence appear the many mistakes which have made learning generally so unpleasing... | |
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