 | 1855 - 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...things in them as well as the words and lexicons, be were nothing go much esteemed as a learned man, as any yeoman or tradesman competently wise in his... | |
 | Robert Charles Winthrop - 1852 - 800 pages
...of living. " Though a linguist (says John Milton) should pride himself to have all the tongues which Babel cleft the world into, yet if he have not studied...the solid things in them, as well as the words and the lexicons, he were nothing so much to be esteemed a learned man, as any yeoman or tradesman competently... | |
 | Robert Charles Winthrop - 1852 - 402 pages
...of living. " Though a linguist (says John Milton) should pride himself to have all the tongues which Babel cleft the world into, yet if he have not studied...the solid things in them, as well as the words and the lexicons, he were nothing so much to be esteemed a learned man, as any yeoman or tradesman competently... | |
 | Robert Charles Winthrop - 1852 - 876 pages
...of living. " Though a linguist (says John Milton) should pride himself to have all the tongues which Babel cleft the world into, yet if he have not studied...the solid things in them, as well as the words and the lexicons, he were nothing so much to be esteemed a learned man, as any yeoman or tradesman competently... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1852 - 256 pages
...heavenly grace of faith, makes up the best perfection. " And thus, 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... | |
 | Claude Marcel - 1853 - 458 pages
...instrument of 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...or tradesman competently wise in his mother dialect ouly."1" Those languages should be preferred which aiford the most abundant means of gaining knowledge.... | |
 | 1853 - 1074 pages
...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...as any yeoman or tradesman competently wise in his mother-dialect only." If, through this paper, our views are those of a pessimist, it is because we... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1853 - 716 pages
...himself to have all the tongues that Uabel cleft the world into, yet, if he have not studied the »olid things in them, as well as the words and lexicons,...tradesman competently wise in his mother dialect only. Hence appear the many mistakes which have made learning generally so unpleasing and so unsuccessful... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1853 - 766 pages
...linguist should pride himself to have all the tongues thnt Babel cleft the world into, yet if he had not studied the solid things in them as well as the...were nothing so much to be esteemed a learned man as many yeoman or tradesman competently wise in his mother dialect only." — Milton. Lin quo, I leave;... | |
 | Eliza C. Lawton - 1854 - 56 pages
...our best authors. With regard to languages, Milton has said, " Though a linguist should pride himself to have all the tongues that Babel cleft the world...tradesman competently wise in his mother dialect only." The study of history, as it forms a part of the present school exercise of girls, is greatly deficient... | |
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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... 
