An Exposure of the Fallacy of the Hamiltonian SystemEffingham Wilson, 1823 - 32 páginas |
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... effect , than his own declaration that , on an ave- rage , he quitted each city and town after a resi- dence in it of two months . - This at least speaks well for Jonathan's sagacity . " The result was every where and always the same 12.
... effect , than his own declaration that , on an ave- rage , he quitted each city and town after a resi- dence in it of two months . - This at least speaks well for Jonathan's sagacity . " The result was every where and always the same 12.
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... declaration that every word in one language can be translated by a corresponding part of speech in another . I grant that some such mechanical translation of the French lan- guage may be performed , but will Mr. Hamilton pretend to ...
... declaration that every word in one language can be translated by a corresponding part of speech in another . I grant that some such mechanical translation of the French lan- guage may be performed , but will Mr. Hamilton pretend to ...
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... declaration that very little instruction can be communicated in our primary schools , is the superlative of impudence . - Let the mention of our great statesmen , classics , mathematicians , and philosophers be the reply to it . " The ...
... declaration that very little instruction can be communicated in our primary schools , is the superlative of impudence . - Let the mention of our great statesmen , classics , mathematicians , and philosophers be the reply to it . " The ...
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... declaration of that proficiency as expres- sed by the individuals themselves , that we are to appeal to , in evidence of the peculiar merits of a system of education . There should be something in it so decidedly obvious , its plan ...
... declaration of that proficiency as expres- sed by the individuals themselves , that we are to appeal to , in evidence of the peculiar merits of a system of education . There should be something in it so decidedly obvious , its plan ...
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12th Instant able to read absurdities acquire actually read advertisement which appeared attention calumniate cities and towns City of London commenced comprehends conjugations construction wholly declaration declensions distinctly Dufief effect endeavour to remove essentially vicious forty cities Forty-eight lessons French language gentleman Gentlemen of sixty Gospel of St gram grammar grammatical analysis Hamil Hamilton Hamilton's class Hamilton's Lecture Hamilton's printed Hamilton's statement Hamilton's system HAMILTONIAN SYSTEM heard hitherto practised hour individuals intellect knowledge Latin literal interlineary translation Little Eastcheap little instruction Locke London Tavern mathematician metaphysical method pursued municate pamphlet perfect presidents and professors principio reges habuere proceeded professes to teach pronunciation pupil quackery Radonvilliers read and translate remarkable repeat rules says shew the want sixty and upwards stage of proficiency talent and integrity taught teach ten thousand teach the French teacher thousand words tion tuition Urbem Romam verb vertisements want of originality word accent means
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Página 22 - That, if grammar ought to be taught at any time, it must be to one that can speak the language already: how else can he be taught the grammar of it?
Página 30 - Prelate in an essay upon our grammar, that some of our most celebrated writers, and such as have hitherto passed for our English classics, have been guilty of great solecisms, inaccuracies, and even grammatical improprieties, in many places of their most finished works.
Página 28 - A Frenchman, a man of learning, is arrived at London ' from Paris, in order to teach the French language, ' Fables, Poetry, Heraldry, French Philosophy, and the ' Latin tongue ; without exacting any study from his ' scholars, all study being an obstacle to his method. If ' there be any constitutions too weak to bear contradic...
Página 23 - Could any one know a language, if the brain did not acquire habits answering to those of the ears to hear it, to those of the lips to speak it, and to those of the eyes to read it? The recollection of a language is not, therefore, solely in the habits of the brain ; it is besides in the habits of the organs of hearing, of speech, and of sight.
Página 22 - The rules of grammar, or the particular principles of a language, are only a collection of observations upon custom. It follows hence, that the knowledge of custom, or of a language, which is the same thing, ought to precede the knowledge of rules, for otherwise those rules must stand only for observations upon nothing at all!"— P.
Página 32 - With all his reflective habits, he never made up his mind on a subject. His adherents accounted for this by the astonishing magnitude of his ideas. He conceived every subject on so grand a scale that he had not room in his head to turn it over and examine both sides of it.
Página 23 - ... to those of the lips to speak it, and to those of the eyes to read it? The recollection of a language is not therefore solely in the habits of the brain ; it is besides in the habits of the organs of hearing, of speech and of sight ». This principle Dufief puts into practice as follows.