...sometimes has occasion to trace the history and meaning of a word., " There are cases," says Coleridge, " in which more knowledge of more value may be conveyed...history of a word than by the history of a campaign." But to learn the history or usage of a single word we may be compelled to look into five, twenty, or...

...instruction more useful or more amusing than that of accustoming young people to seek for the etymology or primary meaning of the words they use. There are cases in which more knowledge of value may be conveyed by the history of a word than by the history of a campaign.'"—'Un the Study...

...instruction more useful or more amusing than that of accustoming young people to seek for the etymology or primary meaning of the words they use. There are cases in which more knowledge of value may be conveyed by the history of a word than by the history of a campaign." "—' On the Study...

...instruction more useful or more amusing than that of accustoming young people to seek for the etymology or primary meaning of the words they use. There are cases...history of a word than by the history of a campaign." And, implying the same truth, a popular author of our own day has somewhere characterized language...

...instruction more useful or more amusing than that of accustoming young people to seek for the etymology or primary meaning of the words they use. There are cases in which more knowledge of more value may LANGUAGE FOSSIL POETET. 13 be conveyed by the history of a word than by the history of a campaign."...

...instruction more useful or more amusing than that of accustoming young people to seek for the etymology, or primary meaning of the words they use. There are cases,...history of a word, than by the history of a campaign. f 2 Pet. i. 6.— J5& if The effects of a zealous ministry on the intellects and acquirements of the...

...instruction more useful or more amusing than that of accustoming young people to seek for the etymology or primary meaning of the words they use. There are cases...history of a word than by the history of a campaign.'' And, implying the same truth, a popular American author has somewhere characterized language as " fossil...

...instruction more useful or more amusing than that of accustoming voung people to seek for the etymology, or primary meaning of the words they use. There are cases,...knowledge of more value may be conveyed by the history of * word, than by the history of a campaign. f 2 Pet. I 5.— Ed. % The effects of a zealous ministry...

...instruction more useful or more amusing than that of accustoming young people to seek for the etymology or primary meaning of the words they use. There are cases...history of a word than by the history of a campaign." And, implying the same truth, a popular American author has somewhere characterized language as "fossil...

...instruction more useful or more amusing than that of accustoming young people to seek for the etymology, or primary meaning of the words they use. There are cases,...more value may be conveyed by the history of a word, tha i by the history of a campaign. t I am not ashamed to confess that I dislike the frequent use of...