The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1856-07-19

same-as undoubtedly 10 leach. And this
leads b say that in the usual system
there D much ordering to learn and TOO
lmle tsg.
Dotaot appear the most uncomfortable
folly Rdy the rules by which the words
OF Gage are connected, with their
derive and dcclcnsion, before we know
thcirhing!. But the object of getting
the gllar by heart is not, as is usually
suplsto give the student critical, 4
granfal knowledge Of the language; such
an III the out set of his labors, would
he Their prepostcrous, but it is-to
enab 10 Tools for The words in his dictionary,
TluE4, boy were put to translate the
wordihi Hbrnm, without this prelmi
narsfcdgc, as the dictionary only con-
tailffots of ca n of these words, do, ego
and, h would not be able to find them.
Hey fst know how to coniucate the
we'd an to decline the pronoun ego and
thep Hr, before he can look for their
mg. Ie has thus really to learn the
lase t,ce; first, etymologically, in order
tobic tuse his dictionary, and second
lyme Zip of his dictionary, to learn the
mig ollie words. The first is Her.
cytRbt and such as assuredly no Greek
oman 'er attempted. The latter is
reed iDnccivably tedious and difficult
lsusc :, is obliged to make of his
,Hary,l which u number (ottcn from
pthirty)f implied, forced, or 6suativc
,ings areonncctcd with the one true
litcral in,rt of the word, among which
incNperiecd student is oraerea to find or
rs the rig one; to this add the difficulty
be orlo OF + foreign idiom, the necessity
posed on hipf parsing every word, that
|, showing itscordancc with rules, and en-
options to rul, of which neither Homer
ior Virgil evenard, and that seem invent
ID only TO vex a torment and prevent the
progress of the happy pupil.
Now the errOf this system consists, in
my opinion, moo much in teaching gram
mar, Gnr woualso begin very early with
the elements Of gnmar,) but in teaching it
exclusively, ann making it for too long a
time the only thi to be regarded; and furth-
cr, in leaving boas soon as they begin to
read to make Quite sense Of an author by
themselves, witut any other assistance
than what our ghmars and dictionaries
afford. Is it not ruirlng too much ola boy
ten or twelve yearsd to constluc the easiest
Latin author with g help Of dictionary
and grammar only !Letany grown up per-
son even make the ,mctexpcriment. Let
him learn any one Our aammcrs through
by heart, and then khns try to translate
literally Nrpos, Casa or Ovid. and am
much mistaken il he fits Is rules Of gram
mar any great aid to hi bow should they
be The usual mode lQ,1cll in theory.
but it is disprovcd by fity For instance,
let those who think the su,nt REQUIRES no
aid but dictionary and IA mar, take the
following expressions: IN los mutusii, eft
Mas," Ovid, Met. Lib. J. This gram
matically may be rcndd in two ways.
either "For yc have chail yourselves and
thcm," or "For ye also lnchanccd them,n
Also this phrase, CHsar'sl. War. Lib, |.
CHI. So: ssHa ni radices ejuatis ca uiruoue
pqrts ripae fuminis coniiae'' Some conf
mentators take ripae foe nominative
plural and make raiices thsusativc, GOV.
crncd by the verb sra.inga Prof. Anthem
places ripae in the Genitive radices in the
nom'natiVe. see note ohs passage in
\ AnthOn's edition of C9sarur construc.
!, ton places ripae neither in nominative
|, with the one, mol in the gtc with the
:" rpthcr. but in the dative sing, and we n
trust the critic will pardon M the change
IN the number OF the pronourcndcr the
hssare as under, $50 that tlots of that
y fountain reach 10 Tie bank O. river on
..ch side" Many more sutypressions
80. the Greek and Latin clai might be
I'D dill GU space permit.
(TO be contiauca.,