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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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Thoughts on Educational Topics and Institutions

George Sewall Boutwell - Education - 1859 - 376 pages
...least, with any authority yet cited. " And though a linguist," says Milton, " 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 Popular lecturer [afterw.] Pitman's Popular lecturer (and ..., Volumes 7-9

Henry Pitman - 1863 - 780 pages
...better than hosts of others who have read it in the Greek. "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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Essays on Educational Reformers

Robert Hebert Quick - Education - 1868 - 360 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 solid things in them, as well as the words and lexicons, he were nothing so much to...
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The Oxford University Magazine and Review, Issue 1

University of Oxford - 1869 - 314 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 idioms, he were nothing so much...
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Typical Selections from the Best English Authors: With Introductory Notices

English authors - English literature - 1869 - 458 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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Selections from the Prose Works of John Milton: With Critical Remarks and ...

John Milton - 1870 - 382 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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Selections from the Prose Works of John Milton: With Critical Remarks and ...

John Milton - 1870 - 356 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 American Journal of Education, Volume 23

Henry Barnard - Education - 1872 - 984 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 Life of John Milton: Narrated in Connexion with the Political ..., Volume 3

David Masson - 1873 - 754 pages
...the instrument conveying to us Things worthy 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 Life of John Milton: Narrated in Connexion with the Political ..., Volume 3

David Masson - 1873 - 750 pages
...the instrument conveying to us Things worthy 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, ho were nothing so much...
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