 | 1810 - 578 pages
...to conjugate a Greek verb in fu. ' Another misfortune of classical learning, as taught in Lngland, is, that scholars have come, in process of time, and...but Greek itself. It is not so much the man who has ma; the wisdom of the antients, that is valued, as he who displays k knowledge of the vehicle in which... | |
 | 1835 - 916 pages
...considerable double whether the King, with all lus victories, knew how to conjugate a Greek verb in pi. Another misfortune of classical learning, as taught...England, is that scholars have come, in process of lime, and from the effects of association, to love the instrument better than the end; — not the... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1844 - 348 pages
...considerable doubts whether the king, with all his victories, knew how to conjugate a Greek verb in /u, Another misfortune of classical learning, as taught...— not the luxury which the difficulty encloses, bat the difficulty ;— not the filbert, but the shell ; — not what may read in Greek, but Greek... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1844 - 348 pages
...considerable doubts whether the king. -with all his vie tories, knew how to conjugate a Greek verb in ¡¡i. Another misfortune of classical learning, as taught...association, to love the instrument better than the end ; — rot the luxury which the difficulty encloses, but the difficulty ; — not the filbert, but the... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1844 - 424 pages
...considerable doubts whether the king, with all his victories, knew how to conjugate a Greek verb in pi. Another misfortune of classical learning, as taught...England, is, that scholars have come, in process of lime, and from the effects of association, to love the instrument better than the end; — not the... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1846 - 368 pages
...considerable doubts whether the king, with all his victories, knew how to conjugate a Greek verb in /n. Another misfortune of classical learning, as taught...not the filbert, but the shell;; — not what may read in Greek, but Greek itself. It is not so much the man who has * UnleH he goes to the University... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1847 - 524 pages
...considerable doubts whether the King, with all his victories, knew how to conjugate a Greek verb in fu. Another misfortune of classical learning, as taught...the end ; — not the luxury which the difficulty incloses, but the difficulty ; — not the filbert, but the shell ; — not what may be read in Greek,... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1850 - 736 pages
...classics occnpy him entirely for about ten years j and divide him with mathematics for four or live more. Another misfortune of classical learning, ' as taught...scholars have come, in process of time, and from the eflWt* | of association, to love the instrument bvtte* than the end; — not the luxury which live... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1852 - 246 pages
...considerable doubts whether the King, with all his victories, knew how to conjugate a Greek verb in i*>. Another misfortune of classical learning, as taught...than the end — not the luxury which the difficulty incloses, but the difficulty — not the filbert, but the shell — not what may be read in Greek,... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - 1854 - 626 pages
...penetrating writer says, " scholars have come in process of time to love the instrument better lhan the end ; not the filbert, but the shell ; not what may be read in Greek, but Greek itself; where it is not so much the man who has mastered the wisdom of the ancients that is valued as he who... | |
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Another misfortune of classical learning, as taught in England, is, that scholars have come, in process of time, and from the effects of association, to love the instrument better than the end; not the luxury which the difficulty encloses, but the difficulty;... 
