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" 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... "
Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts, Sciences ... - Page 259
1816
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Paradise regain'd, a poem. To which is added Samson agonistes; and Poems ...

John Milton - 1747 - 240 pages
...things ufeful to be known. And tho' a Linguift fhould pride himfelf to have all the Tongues that Bakil cleft the World into, yet, if he had not ftudied the folid things io them as well as the Words and Lexicons, he were nothing fo much to be efteem'da Learned Man, aj...
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REMARKS ON JOHNSON'S LIFE OF MILTON.

Francis Blackburne - 1780 - 444 pages
...inftrument convaying .ing to us things ufeful to be known* And though a linguifl fliould pride himfelfe to have all the tongues that Babel cleft the world into, yet, if he have not-ftudied the folid things in them as well as the words and lexicons, he were nothing fo much...
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Remarks on Johnson's Life of Milton. To which are Added, Milton's Tractate ...

Francis Blackburne - Education - 1780 - 408 pages
...inftrument convaying to us things ufeful to be known, And though a linguift fhould pride him* felfe to have all the tongues that Babel cleft the world into, yet, if. he have not ftudied the folid things in them as well as the words and lexicons, he were nothing fo much...
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Letters Concerning Education: Addressed to a Gentleman Entering at the ...

Peter Williams - 1785 - 374 pages
...obferver. And befides, " fuppofe a Linguift (as * Milton ftrongly exprefles it) was to pride himfelf tq have all the tongues that Babel cleft the world into,...ftudied the folid things in them as well as the words arid lexicons, he were nothing fb much to be efteemed a learned man, as * la his Tractate on Education....
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The Elements of English Composition: Containing Practical Instructions for ...

David Irving - English language - 1803 - 266 pages
...the inftrument conveying to us things ufeful to be. known. And tho' a linguift lliouid pride himfelf to have all the tongues that Babel cleft the world into, yet, if he had not ihidied the folid things in them as well at. the words and lexicons, he were nothing to be fo rauch,...
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The Parents' Friend; Or Extracts from the Principal Works on ..., Volume 2

Education - 1803 - 456 pages
...an instrument conveying to us things useful to be known. And though a lingufet 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 words and lexicons, he were nothing so much to be esteemed...
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The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Volume 1

John Milton, Charles Symmons - Poets, English - 1806 - 446 pages
...the inftrument conveying to us things ufeful to be known. And though a linguift fhould pride himfelf to have all the tongues that Babel cleft the world into, yet if he have not fiudied the folid things in them as well as the words and lexicons, he were nothing fo much...
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Prose Works ...: Containing His Principal Political and ..., Volume 1

John Milton - 1809 - 534 pages
...the instrument conveying to us 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 the solid things in them as well as the words and lexicons, he were nothing so much...
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The Imperial magazine; or, Compendium of religious, moral ..., Volume 6

1824 - 604 pages
...the instrument conveying to us 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 the solid things in them, as well as the words and Lexicons, he were nothing so much...
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The Pamphleteer, Volume 16

Abraham John Valpy - Great Britain - 1820 - 574 pages
...Small Tractate of Education :" his words were these — " And though a 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 words and lexicons, he were nothing so much to be...
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