 ... the flattering appearance of their being men while they are yet children, but ending in reducing them to be children when they should be men. The memory is then most susceptible and tenacious of impressions ; and the learning of languages being chiefly...  The Library of American Biography - Page 75edited by - 1836Full view - About this book
 | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - Books - 1788 - 714 pages
...tenacious of impreffions ; and the learning of languages being chiefly a work of memory, it feems precifely fitted to the powers of this period, which is long enough; too for acquiring the mod ufeful languages ancient and modern. I do not pretend that language is fcience. It is only an inftruroent... | |
 | Jedidiah Morse - United States - 1792 - 522 pages
...tenacious of impreffions; and the learning of languages being chiefly a work of memory, it feems precifely fitted to the powers of this period, which is long enough too for acquiring the moft ufeful languages antient and modern. I do not pretend that lanfuage is fcience. It is only an... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - Virginia - 1801 - 402 pages
...tenacious of impreffions ; and the learning of languages being chiefly a work of memory, it feems precifely fitted to the powers of this period, which is long enough too for acquiring the moil ufeful languages ancient and modern, I do not pretend that language is fcience. It is only an... | |
 | William Pinkney, Henry Wheaton - Lawyers - 1826 - 636 pages
...then most susceptible and tena" cious of impressions ; and the learning of lan" guages being chiefly a work of memory, it seems " precisely fitted to the...languages."* And, we may add, that the bright examples of * Jefferson's Notes, Query XIV. ancient virtue, .and the perfect models of ancient taste, are best... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - Tobacco - 1832 - 296 pages
...then most susceptible and tenacious of impressions ; and the learning of languages being chiefly a work of memory, it seems precisely fitted to the powers...which is long enough too for acquiring the most useful languages ancient and modern. I do not pretend that language is science. It is only an instrument for... | |
 | B. L. Rayner - History - 1832 - 982 pages
...susceptible and tenacious of impressions ; and the learning of languages being chiefly a work of memory, seems precisely fitted to the powers of this period,...is long enough too, for acquiring the most useful languages, ancient and modern. I do not pretend that language is science : it is only an instrument... | |
 | B. L. Rayner - History - 1832 - 568 pages
...tenacious of impressions ; and the learning of languages being chiefly a work of memory, seems prtcisely fitted to the powers of this period, which is long enough too, for acquiring the most useful languages, ancient and modern. I do not pretend that language is science: it is only an instrument... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1854 - 628 pages
...then most susceptible and tenacious of impressions ; and the learning of languages being chiefly a work of memory, it seems precisely fitted to the powers...which is long enough too for acquiring the most useful languages, ancient and modern. I do not pretend that language is science. It is only an instrument... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1854 - 632 pages
...then most susceptible and tenacious of impressions ; and the learning of languages being chiefly a work of memory, it seems precisely fitted to the powers of this period, which is long enough loo for acquiring the most useful languages, ancient and modern. I do not pretend that language is... | |
 | Education - 1899 - 708 pages
...is then most susceptible and tenacious of impressions, and the learning of languages being chiefly a work of memory, it seems precisely fitted to the powers of- this period As soon as they are of sufficient age, it is supposed they will be sent on from the grammar schools... | |
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