An Exposure of the Fallacy of the Hamiltonian SystemEffingham Wilson, 1823 - 32 páginas |
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... individual ; that I am as easily forced by circum- stances out of a tumult as I am forced by them into it . Quite the contrary ; I am in most cases absolutely inflexible : hard words or hard blows have no terrors for me : but who , I ...
... individual ; that I am as easily forced by circum- stances out of a tumult as I am forced by them into it . Quite the contrary ; I am in most cases absolutely inflexible : hard words or hard blows have no terrors for me : but who , I ...
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... individual's character is a part of the property of the nation , and that every true Englishman feels it a duty to arrest the pro- gress of the spoiler . A few more such evenings , C and Mr. Hamilton's name and occupation will have ...
... individual's character is a part of the property of the nation , and that every true Englishman feels it a duty to arrest the pro- gress of the spoiler . A few more such evenings , C and Mr. Hamilton's name and occupation will have ...
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... individuals comprehends extremes so immensely distant . " Ladies and gentlemen of sixty and upwards , and children of eight years , and even younger , the parent and the child seated in Mr. Hamilton's classes on the same bench , found ...
... individuals comprehends extremes so immensely distant . " Ladies and gentlemen of sixty and upwards , and children of eight years , and even younger , the parent and the child seated in Mr. Hamilton's classes on the same bench , found ...
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... Individual of the Class . " Who these individuals may be , I know not : but it appears to me , that they have done little more than express their entire satisfaction with themselves . I do not call in question the good feeling which ...
... Individual of the Class . " Who these individuals may be , I know not : but it appears to me , that they have done little more than express their entire satisfaction with themselves . I do not call in question the good feeling which ...
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... distinc- tion then , I apprehend rests thus , that language acquired by conversation may be , and is , learnt without the assistance of rules ; whilst the ac- quirement of a language from the instruction of one individual 24.
... distinc- tion then , I apprehend rests thus , that language acquired by conversation may be , and is , learnt without the assistance of rules ; whilst the ac- quirement of a language from the instruction of one individual 24.
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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.