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" And I would fain have any one name to me that tongue, that any one can learn or speak as he should do, by the rules of grammar. Languages were made not by rules or art, but by accident, and the common use of the people. And he that will speak them well,... "
Nature Displayed in Her Mode of Teaching Language to Man, Or, A New and ... - Page xxxii
by Nicolas Gouin Dufief - 1804
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Some thoughts concerning education [by J. Locke.]. By J. Locke

John Locke - 1712 - 332 pages
...were made not by Rules or Art, but by Accident, and the common Ufe of the People. And he that fpeak them well, has no other Rule but that; nor any thing to truft to, but his Memory, and the Habit of fpeaking after the Famion learn'd from thofe, that are allow'd...
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The Parents' Friend; Or Extracts from the Principal Works on ..., Volume 2

Education - 1803 - 456 pages
...were made not by rules or art, but by accident and the common use of the people. And he that speaks them well has no other rule but that, nor any thing to trust to but his memoiy, and the habit of speaking after the fashion, learned from those that are allowed to speak them...
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The works of John Locke. To which is added the life of the author ..., Volume 9

John Locke - 1812 - 492 pages
...grammar. Languages were made not by rules or art, but by accident, and the common use of the people. And he that will speak them well, has no other rule...thing to trust to but his memory, and the habit of speaking after the fashion learned from those that are allowed to speak properly, which, in other words,...
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The Works of John Locke, Volume 9

John Locke - 1823 - 496 pages
...grammar. Languages were made not by rules or art, but by accident, and the common use of the people. And he that will speak them well, has no other rule...thing to trust to but his memory, and the habit of speaking after the fashion learned from those that are allowed to speak properly, which, in other words,...
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Nature Displayed in Her Mode of Teaching Language to Man: Being a ..., Volume 1

Nicolas Gouin Dufief - French language - 1823 - 732 pages
...uni made li/ rules or art, but by accident, and the COMMON USE or THE PEOPLE, and he that will epeak them well has no other rule but that ; nor any thing to trust to but his memory, and the habit of speaking after the fashion uf those that are allowed to speak properly, which, in other words, is only...
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Some thoughts concerning education. An examination of P. Malebranche's ...

John Locke - Coinage - 1824 - 498 pages
...grammar. Languages were made not by rules or art, but by accident, and the common use of the people. And he that will speak them well, has no other rule but that: nor any thing to trust to but his j memory, and the habit of speaking after the fashion I learned from those that are allowed to speak...
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An Essay on a System of Classical Instruction: Combining the Methods of ...

Classical education - 1829 - 188 pages
...made not " by rules or art, but by accident, and the com" mon use of the people. And he that speaks " them well, has no other rule but that ; nor any "...thing to trust to but his memory, and the habit " of speaking after the fashion learned from those, " that are allowed to speak properly, which in " other...
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Essays on School Keeping: Comprising Observations on the Qualifications of ...

Allison Wrifford - School management and organization - 1831 - 198 pages
...grammar. Languages were made not by rules or art, but by accident, and the common use of the people. And he that will speak them well, has no other rule...thing to trust to but his memory, and the habit of speaking after the fashion learned from those that are allowed to speak properly, which, in other words,...
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American Annals of Education, Volume 9

Education - 1839 - 598 pages
...grammar. Languages were made not by rules or art, but by accident, and the common use of the people. And he that will speak them well, has no other rule but that; nor anything to trust to but his memory, and the habit of speaking after the fashion learned from those...
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American Annals of Education, Volume 9

Education - 1839 - 636 pages
...grammar. Languages were made not by rules or art, but by accident, and the common use of the people. And he that will speak them well, has no other rule but that; nor anything to trust to but his memory, and the habit of speaking after the fashion learned from those...
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