| Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - 1788 - 714 pages
...tenacious of impreffions ; and the learning of languages being chiefly a work of memory, it feems precifely fitted to the powers of this period, which is long enough; too for acquiring the mod ufeful languages ancient and modern. I do not pretend that language is fcience. It is only an inftruroent... | |
| Jedidiah Morse - 1792 - 522 pages
...tenacious of impreffions; and the learning of languages being chiefly a work of memory, it feems precifely fitted to the powers of this period, which is long enough too for acquiring the moft ufeful languages antient and modern. I do not pretend that lanfuage is fcience. It is only an... | |
| Thomas Jefferson - 1801 - 402 pages
...tenacious of impreffions ; and the learning of languages being chiefly a work of memory, it feems precifely fitted to the powers of this period, which is long enough too for acquiring the moil ufeful languages ancient and modern, I do not pretend that language is fcience. It is only an... | |
| William Pinkney, Henry Wheaton - 1826 - 636 pages
...then most susceptible and tena" cious of impressions ; and the learning of lan" guages being chiefly a work of memory, it seems " precisely fitted to the...languages."* And, we may add, that the bright examples of * Jefferson's Notes, Query XIV. ancient virtue, .and the perfect models of ancient taste, are best... | |
| Thomas Jefferson - 1832 - 296 pages
...then most susceptible and tenacious of impressions ; and the learning of languages being chiefly a work of memory, it seems precisely fitted to the powers...which is long enough too for acquiring the most useful languages ancient and modern. I do not pretend that language is science. It is only an instrument for... | |
| B. L. Rayner - 1832 - 982 pages
...susceptible and tenacious of impressions ; and the learning of languages being chiefly a work of memory, seems precisely fitted to the powers of this period,...is long enough too, for acquiring the most useful languages, ancient and modern. I do not pretend that language is science : it is only an instrument... | |
| B. L. Rayner - 1832 - 568 pages
...tenacious of impressions ; and the learning of languages being chiefly a work of memory, seems prtcisely fitted to the powers of this period, which is long enough too, for acquiring the most useful languages, ancient and modern. I do not pretend that language is science: it is only an instrument... | |
| Thomas Jefferson - 1854 - 628 pages
...then most susceptible and tenacious of impressions ; and the learning of languages being chiefly a work of memory, it seems precisely fitted to the powers...which is long enough too for acquiring the most useful languages, ancient and modern. I do not pretend that language is science. It is only an instrument... | |
| Thomas Jefferson - 1854 - 632 pages
...then most susceptible and tenacious of impressions ; and the learning of languages being chiefly a work of memory, it seems precisely fitted to the powers of this period, which is long enough loo for acquiring the most useful languages, ancient and modern. I do not pretend that language is... | |
| 1899 - 708 pages
...is then most susceptible and tenacious of impressions, and the learning of languages being chiefly a work of memory, it seems precisely fitted to the powers of- this period As soon as they are of sufficient age, it is supposed they will be sent on from the grammar schools... | |
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