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... less permanent excited conceptions of sight 219. Of the less permament excited conceptions of sound 220. First cause of permanently vivid conceptions or apparitions.- Morbid sensibility of the retina of the eye • · • 231 232 · ib . 234 ...
... less permanent excited conceptions of sight 219. Of the less permament excited conceptions of sound 220. First cause of permanently vivid conceptions or apparitions.- Morbid sensibility of the retina of the eye • · • 231 232 · ib . 234 ...
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... less absurd to conclude that it is the eye that sees , or the ear that hears . The telescope is an artificial organ of sight , but it sees not . The is a natural organ of sight , by which we see ; but the natural organ sees as lit- tle ...
... less absurd to conclude that it is the eye that sees , or the ear that hears . The telescope is an artificial organ of sight , but it sees not . The is a natural organ of sight , by which we see ; but the natural organ sees as lit- tle ...
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... less at a loss where to arrange the feeling in question . 32. Relation between the sensation and what is outwardly signified . We here return a moment to the subject of the relation between the internal sensation and the outward object ...
... less at a loss where to arrange the feeling in question . 32. Relation between the sensation and what is outwardly signified . We here return a moment to the subject of the relation between the internal sensation and the outward object ...
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... less extensive , as soon as they have been distributed on their distinct portions of the retina , and have formed an image there , are immediately followed by the sensation or perception which is termed sight . The image which is thus ...
... less extensive , as soon as they have been distributed on their distinct portions of the retina , and have formed an image there , are immediately followed by the sensation or perception which is termed sight . The image which is thus ...
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... less , accord- ing as he is more or less removed . In support of the doctrine that the knowledge of mag- nitude is not an original intimation of the sight , but is at first acquired by the aid of touch , we may remark , that , in ...
... less , accord- ing as he is more or less removed . In support of the doctrine that the knowledge of mag- nitude is not an original intimation of the sight , but is at first acquired by the aid of touch , we may remark , that , in ...
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Page 242 - Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee : I have thee not, and yet I see thee still. Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible To feeling as to sight? or art thou but A dagger of the mind; a false creation, Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain?
Page 303 - The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the Lord is upon many waters.
Page 103 - The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark, When neither is attended ; and, I think The nightingale, if she should sing by day, When every goose is cackling, would be thought No better a musician than the wren.
Page 182 - Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, Our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain. Awake but one, and lo, what myriads rise ! * Each stamps its image as the other flies.
Page 310 - The sun had long since in the lap Of Thetis taken out his nap, And like a lobster boiled, the morn From black to red began to turn," The imagination modifies images, and gives unity to variety ; it sees all things in one, il piti nelV uno.
Page 120 - This source of ideas every man has wholly in himself; and though it be not sense, as having nothing to do with external objects, yet it is very like it, and might properly enough be called internal sense...
Page 162 - Time but the impression stronger makes, As streams their channels deeper wear.
Page 108 - IN Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree : Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea. So twice five miles of fertile ground With walls and towers were girdled round : And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree ; And here were forests ancient as the hills, Enfolding sunny spots...
Page 227 - Invention is one of the great marks of genius ; but if we consult experience we shall find, that it is by being conversant with the inventions of others that we learn to invent, as by reading the thoughts of others we learn to think.