 | Nicolas Gouin Dufief - 1804 - 526 páginas
...perfection of language, which poetry and the art of oratory require, without the help of grammar. 4th. The rules of grammar, or the particular principles of a language are nothing but a collection of observation» upon custom. REMARK. It from hence follows, that the knowledge... | |
 | Matthew Davenport Hill - 1822 - 264 páginas
...before the horse,) they should hare eaid they taught grammar by language."—Introduction, ^.23. " The rules of grammar, or the particular principles...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... | |
 | Matthew Davenport Hill - 1822 - 266 páginas
...horse,) they should have said they taught grammar by language." — Introduction, J9.23. " The rules :©f 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 ithing, .ought... | |
 | Nicolas Gouin Dufief - 1823 - 732 páginas
...grammar» prescribe, the tender mother will more readily comprehend than the cold grammarian ! Language was made first, and grammar afterwards , and hence the...grammar, or the particular principles of a language, ate only a collection of observations upon custom. The knowledge, therefore, of custom, or of a language,... | |
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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... 