 | Francis Blackburne - 1780 - 408 páginas
...inftrument convaying to us things ufeful to be known, And though a linguift fhould pride him* felfe to have all the tongues that Babel cleft the world into, yet, if. he have not ftudied the folid things in them as well as the words and lexicons, he were nothing fo much to be efteemed... | |
 | Francis Blackburne - 1780 - 444 páginas
...inftrument convaying .ing to us things ufeful to be known* And though a linguifl fliould pride himfelfe to have all the tongues that Babel cleft the world into, yet, if he have not-ftudied the folid things in them as well as the words and lexicons, he were nothing fo much to... | |
 | Peter Williams - 1785 - 374 páginas
...obferver. And befides, " fuppofe a Linguift (as * Milton ftrongly exprefles it) was to pride himfelf tq have all the tongues that Babel cleft the world into, yet,. if he had not ftudied the folid things in them as well as the words arid lexicons, he were nothing fb much... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 342 páginas
...conveying to us things ufeful to be known. And VoL. XII. X though though a linguift fhould pride himfelf to have all the tongues that Babel cleft the world into, yet, if he had not ftudied the folid things in them as well as the words and lexicons, he were nothing fo much... | |
 | David Irving - 1803 - 266 páginas
...the inftrument conveying to us things ufeful to be. known. And tho' a linguift lliouid pride himfelf to have all the tongues that Babel cleft the world into, yet, if he had not ihidied the folid things in them as well at. the words and lexicons, he were nothing to be... | |
 | 1803 - 456 páginas
...Latin, so that by six years old I spoke Latin fluently.—Montaigne. A foreign language is only an instrument conveying to us things useful to be known. And though a lingufet should pride himself to have all the tongues that Babel cleft the world into, yet if he had... | |
 | John Milton, Charles Symmons - 1806 - 446 páginas
...the inftrument conveying to us things ufeful to be known. And though a linguift fhould pride himfelf to have all the tongues that Babel cleft the world into, yet if he have not fiudied the folid things in them as well as the words and lexicons, he were nothing fo much to be .efteemed... | |
 | 1816 - 746 páginas
...A dictionary; s book teaching the fignification of words. — Though a linguift mould pride himfelf to have all the tongues that Babel cleft the world into, yet, if lie had not ihidied the folid things in them, as well as the words and lexicon], he were nothing lo... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1820 - 612 páginas
...tradition anough for all kind of learning, and therefore, we are chiefly taught the language of those people who have at any time been most industrious...instrument conveying to us things useful to be known. And thqugh a linguist should pride himself to have all the tongues that Babel cleft the world into, yet,... | |
 | David Irving - 1821 - 336 páginas
...enough for all kinds of learning, therefore we are chiefly taught the languages of those people wlvo have at any time been most industrious after wisdom...but the instrument conveying to us things useful to he known. And tho' a linguist should pride himself to have all the tongues that Babel cleft the world... | |
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Comenius. 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 wise in his mother dialect only. 
