 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...  A Handbook of English Composition - Page 232de James Morgan Hart - 1895 - 360 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | John Milton - 1876 - 506 pages
...industrious 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...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 or tradesman competently... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1876 - 768 pages
...industrious 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...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 or tradesman competently... | |
 | John Milton - 1876 - 506 pages
...wisdom ; so that language is but the instru* OO ment conveying to us things useful to be known. • And though a linguist should pride himself to have...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 or tradesman competently... | |
 | John Milton - 1928 - 408 pages
...industrious 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...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 or tradesman competently... | |
 | John Milton - 1928 - 402 pages
...I " .-V so that language is but the instrument conveying to us things |/ f useful to Ee._kngwn._And though a linguist should pride himself to have all...tongues that Babel cleft the world into, yet, if he f'f.'^ '* have no£ studled_the solid things in rhrm as well as the words ari3 lexicons, he were nothing... | |
 | 1948 - 420 pages
...Behold now this vast city: a city of refuge, the mansion house of liberty. . . , Or from On Education: And though a linguist should pride himself to have...into, yet if he have not studied the solid things. . . . There is much, much more to say about the Old Testament. I would like to draw out each character,... | |
 | 1886 - 848 pages
...shallows ; " and observes that " though a linguist should pride himself to have all the tongues liabel 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 or tradesman competently... | |
 | Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education (U.S.). Annual Meeting - 1903 - 428 pages
...of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century by asserting that though a man "have all the tongues that Babel cleft the world into,...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 or tradesman competently... | |
 | United States. Dept. of State - 1961 - 904 pages
...industrious 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...the Words & Lexicons, he were nothing so much to be esteem'da learned man, as any Yeoman or Tradesman competently wise in his Mother Dialect only. Hence... | |
 | 1909 - 378 pages
...industrious 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...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 yoeman or tradesman competently... | |
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