 | Horae - 1851 - 414 pagina’s
...minds f them we converfe with. — DR. SOUTH. Words v. Things. HOUGH a linguift fhould pride himfelf to have all the tongues that Babel cleft the world into ; yet, if he had not ftudied the folid lings in them as well as the words and :xicons, he were nothing fo much to... | |
 | Cyrus R. Edmonds - 1851 - 418 pagina’s
...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 or tradesman competently wise in his mother dialect... | |
 | 1852 - 316 pagina’s
...himself to have all the tongues which Babel cleft this 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 to be esteemed a learned man as any yeoman or tradesman competently wise in hie mother- dialect... | |
 | 1855 - 534 pagina’s
...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, be were nothing go much esteemed... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1852 - 256 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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 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... | |
 | Claude Marcel - 1853 - 458 pagina’s
...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 or tradesman competently wise in his mother dialect... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1853 - 766 pagina’s
...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 words and lexicons, he were nothing so much to be esteemed a learned man as many yeoman or tradesman competently wise in his mother dialect... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1853 - 716 pagina’s
...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, he were nothing so much to be esteemed a learned man, as any yeoman or tradesman competently wise in his mother dialect... | |
 | Eliza C. Lawton - 1854 - 60 pagina’s
...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 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... | |
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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... 
