 | John Ruskin - 1865 - 256 páginas
...them all, and yet truly know not a word of any, — not a word even of his own. An ordinarily clever and sensible seaman will be able to make his way ashore...persons, that a false accent or a mistaken syllable is enough, In the parliament .of any civilized nation, to assign to a man a certain degree of inferior... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1865 - 302 páginas
...them all, and yet truly know not a word of any, — not a word even of his own. An ordinarily clever and sensible seaman will be able to make his way ashore at most ports ; yet he has only to speak s sentence of any language to be known for an illiterate person : so also the accent, or turn of expression... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1866 - 154 páginas
...them all, and yet truly know not a word of any, — not a word even of his own. An ordinarily clever and sensible seaman will be able to make his way ashore...persons, that a false accent or a mistaken syllable ig enough, in the parliament of any civilized nation, to assign to a man a certain degree of inferior... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1867 - 144 páginas
...them all, and yet truly know not a word of any,—not a word even of his own. An ordinarily clever and sensible seaman will be able to make his way ashore...persons, that a false accent or a mistaken syllable is enough, in the parliament of any civilized nation, to assign to a man a certain degree of inferior... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1871 - 212 páginas
...them all, and yet truly know not a word of any, — not a word even of his own. An ordinarily clever and sensible seaman will be able to make his way ashore...persons, that a false accent or a mistaken syllable is enough, in the parliament of any civilized nation, to assign to a man a certain degree of inferior... | |
 | 1901 - 630 páginas
...it is an index also of his general culture and of his moral character. It was Euskin who said that "The accent or turn of expression of a single sentence will at once mark the scholar," while "A false accent or mistaken syllable is enough to assign to a man a certain degree... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1880 - 216 páginas
...them all, and yet truly know not a word of any,— not a word even of his own. An ordinarily clever and sensible seaman will be able to make his way ashore...persons, that a false accent or a mistaken syllable is enough, in the parliament of any civilized nation, to assign to a man a certain degree of inferior... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1882 - 224 páginas
...them all, and yet truly know not a word of any, — not a word even of his own. An ordinarily clever and sensible seaman will be able to make his way ashore...persons, that a false accent or a mistaken syllable is enough, in the parliament of any civilized nation, to assign to a man a certain degree of inferior... | |
 | Granville series - 1882 - 330 páginas
...knows, he knows precisely ; whatever word he pronounces, he pronounces rightly. 17. An ordinarily clever and sensible seaman will be able to make his way ashore...of a single sentence, will at once mark a scholar. 18. Let, then, the accents of words be watched, but let their meaning be watched more closely still,... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1884 - 434 páginas
...them all, and yet truly know not a word of any,—not a word even of his own. An ordinarily clever and sensible seaman will be able to make his way ashore...persons, that a false accent or a mistaken syllable is enough, in the parliament of any civilized nation, to assign to a man a certain degree ofinferior standing... | |
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... the accent, or turn of expression of a single sentence, will at once mark a scholar. And this is so strongly felt, so conclusively admitted, by educated persons, that a false accent or a mistaken syllable is enough, in the parliament of any civilized... 
