 And though the Greek learning grew in credit amongst the Romans, towards the end of their commonwealth, yet it was the Roman tongue that was made the study of their youth: their own language they were to make use of, and therefore it was their own language...  The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Page 681826Full view - About this book
 | Sydney Smith - 1859 - 392 pages
...grew in credit amongst the Romans towards the end of their commonwealth, yet it was the Roman tongne that was made the study of their youth : their own...particularly, to determine the proper season for grammar, 1 do not see how it can reasonably be made any one's study, but as an introduction to rhetoric. When... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1859 - 1360 pages
...end of their onimonwer.li h, yet it was the lioman • mine that was made the study of :V-ir jouth : their own language they were to make' use of, and therefore it кгл their own language they were intruded and exercised in. " But, more particularly, to determine... | |
 | Henry Barnard - Education - 1864 - 840 pages
...had a contempt for their languages. And, though the Greek learning grew in credit amongst the Romans, towards the end of their commonwealth, yet it was...particularly to determine the proper season for grammar; I do not we how it can reasonably be made any one's study, but as an introduction to rhetoric: when it is... | |
 | Henry Barnard - Education - 1864 - 874 pages
...had a contempt for their languages. And, though the Greek learning grew in credit amongst the Romans, towards the end of their commonwealth, yet it was...particularly to determine the proper season for grammar; I do not see how it can reasonably be made any one's study, but as an introduction to rhetoric : when it... | |
 | Sydney Smith - Christian ethics - 1870 - 842 pages
...had a contempt for their languages. And though the Greek learning grew in credit amongst the Romans towards the end of their commonwealth, yet it was...language they were to make use of, and therefore it wab their own language they were instructed ant 1 exercised in. "But, more particularly, to determine... | |
 | Henry Barnard - Teaching - 1876 - 524 pages
...had a contempt for their languages. And, though the Greek learning grew in credit amongst the Romans, towards the end of their commonwealth, yet it was...particularly to determine the proper season for grammar; I do not see how it can reasonably bo made any one's study, but as an introduction to rhetoric : when it... | |
 | Henry Barnard - Education - 1876 - 514 pages
...had a contempt for their languages. And, though the Greek learning grew in credit amongst the Romans, towards the end of their commonwealth, yet it was...their own language they were instructed and exercised hi. him that has no need of the other; where rhetoric is not necessary, grammar may be spared. I know... | |
 | William Mathews - English language - 1878 - 408 pages
...contempt for their languages. And though the Greek learning grew in credit amongst the Romans, ... yet it was the Roman tongue that was made the study...own language they were instructed and exercised in." Demosthenes, the greatest master of the Greek language, and one of the mightiest masters of expression... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1877 - 626 pages
...had a contempt for their languages. And though the Greek learning grew in credit amongst the Romans towards the end of their commonwealth, yet it was...particularly, to determine the proper season for grammar, I do not see how it can reasonably be made any one's study, but as an introduction to rhetoric. When it... | |
 | John Locke - Conduct of life - 1880 - 386 pages
...had a contempt for their languages. And though the Greek learning grew in cred it amongst the Romans, towards the end of their commonwealth, yet it was...made the study of their youth; their own language i Already] ' This was the method pursued by Gibbon in learning Greek. He first acquired, through reading,... | |
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