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It is Hebrew to me.
[Fr., C'est de l'hebreu pour moi.]
It is Hebrew to me.
[Fr., C'est de l'hebreu pour moi.]
Away with him, away with him! He speaks Latin.
Away with him, away with him! He speaks Latin.
. . . Philologists, who chase
A painting syllable through time and space
Start it at home, read more
. . . Philologists, who chase
A painting syllable through time and space
Start it at home, and hunt it in the dark,
To Gaul, to Greece, and into Noah's Ark.
Languages are no more than the keys of Sciences. He who despises
one, slights the other.
Languages are no more than the keys of Sciences. He who despises
one, slights the other.
A Babylonish dialect
Which learned pedants much affect.
A Babylonish dialect
Which learned pedants much affect.
He attempts to use language which he does not know.
[Lat., Negatas artifex sequi voces.]
He attempts to use language which he does not know.
[Lat., Negatas artifex sequi voces.]
He who is ignorant of foreign languages, knows not his own.
[Ger., Wer fremde Sprachen nicht kennt, weiss nichts read more
He who is ignorant of foreign languages, knows not his own.
[Ger., Wer fremde Sprachen nicht kennt, weiss nichts von seiner
eigenen.]
Besides 'tis known he could speak Greek
As naturally as pigs squeak;
That Latin was no more read more
Besides 'tis known he could speak Greek
As naturally as pigs squeak;
That Latin was no more difficile
That to a blackbird 'tis to whistle.
Lash'd into Latin by the tingling rod.
Lash'd into Latin by the tingling rod.