 You have all heard of the process of tunnelling, of tunnelling through a sand-bank. In this operation it is impossible to succeed, unless every foot, nay, almost every inch, in our progress, be secured by an arch of masonry, before we attempt the excavation...  Principles and Practices of Teaching - Stran 47avtor: James Johonnot - 1878 - 395 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Felix Clay - 1908 - 334 strani
...sey. possible by means of the verbally embodied results of the lower — " Language is to the mind what the arch is to the tunnel. The power of thinking...not dependent on the word in the one case, or the mason's work in the other ; but without these subsidiaries neither process could be carried on beyond... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1908 - 368 strani
...even happier still. "You have all heard," says Sir William Hamilton, " of the process of tunnelling through a sandbank. In this operation it is impossible...succeed unless every foot, nay, almost every inch of our progress be secured by an arch of masonry before we attempt the excavation of another. Now language... | |
 | Fred Newton Scott, Joseph Villiers Denny, Joseph Villiers Denney - 1909 - 486 strani
...still beyond. Or another illustration : You have all heard of the process of tunnelling, of tunnelling through a sand-bank. In this operation it is impossible...every inch in our progress, be secured by an arch pf masonry, before we attempt the uxcava/ tion of another. Now, language is to the mind precisely what... | |
 | Hastings Berkeley - 1910 - 279 strani
...still beyond. Or another illustration : You have all heard of the process of tunnelling, of tunnelling through a sandbank. In this operation it is impossible...excavation are not dependent on the word in the one case, on the mason-work in the other ; but without these subsidiaries, neither process could be carried on... | |
 | Samuel Butler, Henry Festing Jones - 1913 - 334 strani
...even happier still. " You have all heard," says Sir William Hamilton, " of the process of tunnelling through a sandbank. In this operation it is impossible...succeed unless every foot, nay, almost every inch of our progress be secured by an arch of masonry before we attempted the excavation of another. Now... | |
 | August William Weber - 1914 - 150 strani
...other less useful form of movable type." — Ladd: Psychology, Descriptive and Explanatory, p. 457. 2 "Language is to the mind precisely what the arch is...power of excavation are not dependent on the word in one case or on the mason work in the other; but without these subsidiaries, neither process could be... | |
 | August William Weber - 1914 - 156 strani
...other less useful form of movable type." — Ladd: Psychology, Descriptive and Explanatory, p. 457. 2 "Language is to the mind precisely what the arch is...power of excavation are not dependent on the word in one case or on the mason work in the other; hut without these subsidiaries, neither process could be... | |
 | Geoffrey Rhodes - 1914 - 252 strani
...stage without language. It seems a case of complementary action. " Language," says Sir W. Hamilton, " is to the mind precisely what the arch is to the tunnel....power of excavation are not dependent on the word in one case, or the mason-work in the other; but without these subsidiaries neither process could be carried... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1925 - 380 strani
...even happier still. " You have all heard," says Sir William Hamilton, " of the process of tunnelling through a sandbank. In this operation it is impossible...succeed unless every foot, nay, almost every inch of our progress be secured by an arch of masonry before we attempted the excavation of another. Now... | |
 | 1904 - 558 strani
...has ascended into the higher forms of thought. Or, to change the figure with Sir William Hamilton, "Language is to the mind precisely what the arch is...the tunnel. The power of thinking and the power of excavating are not dependent on the word in the one case nor on the mason work in the other; but without... | |
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