 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 American Journal of Education - Page 75edited by - 1856Full view - About this book
 | John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1829 - 354 pages
...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... | |
 | lady Pleasance Smith - 1832 - 652 pages
...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...as any yeoman or tradesman competently wise in his mother tongue only. Hence t ion. as the foundation of a genius successful in that branch, but also... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1834 - 364 pages
...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 any yeoman or tradesman competently wise in his mother dialect only. Hence appear the many mistakes which have made learning generally so unpleasing... | |
 | George Combe - Education - 1834 - 144 pages
...' 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 any yeoman or tradesman competently wise in his mother dialect only.' And Dr. ADAM SMITH observes, that 'it seldom happens that a man, in any part... | |
 | James Simpson - Education - 1834 - 350 pages
...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...tradesman competently wise in his mother-dialect only." LOCKE, on Education, says, "Would not a Chinese, who had notice of our way of breeding, be apt to imagine,... | |
 | John Milton - 1835 - 1044 pages
...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 any yeoman or tradesman competently wise in his mother dialect only. Hence appear the many mistakes which have made learning generally so unpleasing... | |
 | James Simpson - Education - 1836 - 308 pages
...linguist should pride himself to have all the tongues that Babel cleft this 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." LOCKE, on Education, says, " Would not a Chinese, who had notice of our way of breeding, be apt to... | |
 | 1837 - 352 pages
...Things.— Though a linguist should pride himsclf to have all the tongues that Babel cleft the world into ; yet if he have not studied the solid things in them...as any yeoman or tradesman, competently wise in his mother dialect only.— Milton. 600. Sources of True Enjoyment. — How little is requisite to supply... | |
 | Basil Montagu - Conduct of life - 1839 - 404 pages
...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 any yeoman or tradesman competently wise in his mother dialect only. Hence appear the many mistakes which have made learning generally so unpleasing... | |
 | George Combe - Education - 1839 - 156 pages
..." 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 any yeoman or tradesman competently wise in his mother dialect only." And Dr. Adam Smith observes, that "it seldom happens that a man, in any part... | |
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