 | Henry Barnard - Teaching - 1876 - 524 pages
...softer sex, and such of them as have spent their time in wellbred company, show us, that this pluin natural way, without the least study or knowledge of grammar, can carry them to a great degree of elegancy and politeness in their language : and there are ladies who, without knowing what tenses and... | |
 | Henry Barnard - Education - 1876 - 514 pages
...persons of quality of the softer sex, and such of them as have spent their time in wellbred company, show us, that this plain natural way, without the least study or knowledge of grammar, can cany them to a great degree of elegancy and politeness in their language : and there are ladies who,... | |
 | John Locke - Conduct of life - 1880 - 386 pages
...of quality of the softer sex, and such of them as have spent their time in well-bred company, show us, that this plain natural way, without the least...of elegance and politeness in their language : and there are ladies who, without knowing what tenses and participles, adverbs and prepositions are, speak... | |
 | Comparative linguistics - 1889 - 502 pages
...of life, and ordinary commerce. Nay, persons of quality of the softer st.r, and such of them as haue spent their time in well-bred company, shew us, that...knowledge of grammar, can carry them to a great degree of elegancy and politeness in their language, and there are ladies who, without knowing what tenses and... | |
 | Comparative linguistics - 1889 - 508 pages
...of life, and ordinary commerce. Nay, persons of quality of the softer sex, and such of them as haue spent their time in well-bred company, shew us , that...way, without the least study or knowledge of grammar , caH carry them to a great degree of elegancy and politeness in their language , and there are ladies... | |
 | John Locke - Education - 1902 - 320 pages
...learnt by rote serve well enough for the common Affairs of 5 Life and ordinary Commerce. Nay, Persons of Quality of the softer Sex, and such of them as...without the least Study or Knowledge of Grammar, can 10 in their Language: And there are Ladies who, without knowing what Tenses and Participles, Adverbs... | |
 | John Locke - Education - 1912 - 292 pages
...of quality of the softer sex, and such of them as have spent their time in well-bred company, show us, that this plain, natural way, without the least...of elegance and politeness in their language : and there are ladies who, without knowing what tenses and participles, adverbs and prepositions are, speak... | |
 | John Locke - Education - 1922 - 294 pages
...of quality of the softer sex, and such of them as have spent their time in well-bred company, show us, that this plain, natural way, without the least...of elegance and politeness in their language : and there are ladies who, without knowing what tenses and participles, adverbs and prepositions are, speak... | |
 | Tony Crowley - Language and culture - 1996 - 228 pages
...of quality of the softer sex, and such of them as have spent their time in well-bred company, show us, that this plain natural way, without the least...study or knowledge of grammar, can carry them to a degree of elegancy and politeness in their language. (Locke 1823: 160) The qualifications 'persons... | |
 | John Locke - Education - 1988 - 328 pages
...learnt by rote serve well enough for the common Affairs of 5 Life and ordinary Commerce. Nay, Persons of Quality of the softer Sex, and such of them as...Knowledge of Grammar, can carry them to a great Degree of Elegancy and Politeness 10 in their Language: And there are Ladies who, without knowing what Tenses... | |
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There is nothing more evident than that languages learned by rote serve well enough for the common affairs of life and ordinary commerce. Nay, persons of quality of the softer sex and such of them as have spent their time in well-bred company... 
