 | Flavius Josephus - Jews - 1815 - 304 pages
...accustomed myself to speak our own tongue that I cannot pronounce Greek with sufficient exactness ;. for our nation does not encourage those that learn...the smoothness of their periods ; because they look uj on this sort of accomplishment as common, not only to all aorts of free men, but to as many of the... | |
 | Flavius Josephus - Jews - 1825 - 610 pages
...accustomed myself to speak our own tongue that I cannot pronounce Greek with sufficient exactness; for our nation does not encourage those that learn...many nations, and so adorn their discourses with the •.TOT.Thness of their periods ; because they look upon this sort of accomplishment i « common, not... | |
 | Flavius Josephus - Jews - 1826 - 712 pages
...accustomed myself to speak our own tongue, that I cannot pronounce Greek with sufficient exactness; for our nation does not encourage those that learn...accomplishment as common, not only to all sorts of freemen, but to as many of the servants as please to learn them. But they give him the testimony of... | |
 | Proteus (pseud.) - Sin, Original - 1839 - 136 pages
...us, at the end of the ' Antiquities,' has this remarkable passage : — ' Our own nation,' says he, ' does not encourage those that learn the languages...accomplishment as ' common, not only to all sorts of freemen, but to ' as many of the servants as please to learn them ; ' but they give him the testimony... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards, Edwards Amasa Park - Theology - 1839 - 488 pages
...sufficient exactness. For my own countrymen do not encourage those that learn the languages of many nations, because they look upon this sort of accomplishment as common not only to freemen but also to slaves, such as please to acquire it. But they pronounce him to be a wise man who... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards, Edwards Amasa Park - Theology - 1839 - 488 pages
...sufficient exactness. For my own countrymen do not encourage those that learn the languages of many nations, because they look upon this sort of accomplishment as common not only to freemen but also to slaves, such as please U, acquire it. But they pronounce him to be a wise (Dan... | |
 | 1840 - 384 pages
...sufficient exactness. For my own countrymen do not encourage those that learn the languages of many nations, because they look upon this sort of accomplishment as common, not only to freemen, but also to slaves, such as please to acquire it. But they pronounce him to be a wise man... | |
 | 1848 - 590 pages
...else. In regard to foreign languages Josephus thus speaks : ' Our nation does not encourage those who learn the languages of many nations, and so adorn...accomplishment as common, not only to all sorts of freemen, but to as many of the slaves as please to learn them.'* They were not, however, deficient,... | |
 | Flavius Josephus - Jews - 1852 - 712 pages
...accustomed myself to speak our own tongue, that I cannot pronounce Greek with sufficient exactness ; for our nation does not encourage those that learn...they look upon this sort of accomplishment as common, nor only to all sorts of free men, but to as many of the servants as please to learn them. But they... | |
 | Flavius Josephus - Jews - 1856 - 604 pages
...that I cannot pronounce Greek with sufficient exactness; for our nation does not encourage those iln' learn the languages of many nations, and so adorn their discourses with the srroG'.hness of their periods ; because they look upon this sort of accomplishment n common, not only... | |
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I have also taken a great deal of pains to obtain the learning of the Greeks, and understand the elements of the Greek language, although I have so long accustomed myself to speak our own tongue, that I cannot pronounce Greek with sufficient exactness;... 
