upon the established system, if an accidental custom may be so called, as a mass of anomalies, the growth of ignorance and chance, equally repugnant to good taste and to common sense. A History of Greece - Page xxby Connop Thirlwall - 1845Full view - About this book
| Isaac Pitman - Spelling reform - 1878 - 344 pages
...Thirlwall, the eminent historian of Greece, said : " I look upon the established system of spelling, if an accidental custom may be so called, as a mass...ignorance and chance, equally repugnant to good taste and common sense." Lord Lytton, the distinguished statesman and novelist, declared: "A more Ij ing, round-about,... | |
| Isaac Pitman - Spelling reform - 1878 - 354 pages
...attainment. The late Dr Thirlwall, Bishop of St David's. — I look upon the established system of spelling (if an accidental custom may be so called,) as a mass...of ignorance and chance, equally repugnant to good taste-and to common-sense. But I am aware that the public cling to these anomalies with a tenacity... | |
| Education - 1879 - 480 pages
...illustrious author of the "History of Greece," says: — " I look upon the establisht system of spelling (if an accidental custom may be so called) as a mass...and chance, equally repugnant to good taste and to common-sense. But I am aware that the public cling to these anomalies with a tenacity proportioned... | |
| American Institute of Instruction - Education - 1879 - 264 pages
...illustrious author of the " History of Greece," says : — " I look upon the establisht system of spelling (if an accidental custom may be so called) as a mass...and chance, equally repugnant to good taste and to common-sense. But I am aware that the public cling to these anomalies with a tenacity proportioned... | |
| Sensible spelling - 1880 - 64 pages
...examiner at the Unicersitics of Cambridge and London. I look upon the established system of spelling (if an accidental custom may be so called) as a mass...ignorance and chance, equally repugnant to good taste and common sense. Lord Lytton, XocelM, dramatist, poet. A more lying, round-about, puzzle-headed delusion... | |
| Vermont. Dept. of Education - 1880 - 216 pages
...Greece, forcibly says : " I look upon the established system of spelling (if accidental custom can be so called) as a mass of anomalies ; the growth...ignorance and chance, equally repugnant to good taste and good sense." The lato Lord Lytton expressed his views thus plainly : " A more lying, round about, puzzie-headed... | |
| George Washington Moon - English language - 1881 - 200 pages
...late Dr. Thirlwall, Bishop of St. David's, says, " I look upon the established system of spell"ing, if an accidental custom may be so called, " as a mass...repugnant to good taste and "to common sense. But I am aware that the "public cling to these anomalies with a tenacity " proportioned to their absurdity,... | |
| 1881 - 650 pages
...St. Davids, the learned Dr Thirlwall, exclaim: — "I look upon the established system of spelling as a mass of anomalies, the growth of ignorance and chance, equally repugnant to good taste and common sense." And well might Sir Chos. Trevelyan say : — " The English system of spelling ( I protest... | |
| Theodore Compton - 1882 - 246 pages
...of national education?" — Profmor Ifox Uiiller. " I look upon the established system of spelling (if an accidental custom may be so called), as a mass...equally repugnant to good taste and to common sense. But I am aware that the public cling to these anomalies with a tenacity proportioned to their absurdity,... | |
| Social sciences - 1882 - 1096 pages
...establish! system of spelling (if an accidental custom may be so called) as a mass of anomalies, the fruit of ignorance and chance, equally repugnant to good taste and to common sense." But let not the fact that we have become callous to the yoke prevent us from looking at the facts. EVILS.... | |
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