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... ATTENTION . 231 GHAP . 167 168 On the sensations of hardness and softness 169 166 further considered Origin of the notions of extension and of the form or figure of bod- ies On the sensations of heat and cold 191 ence to the outlines ...
... ATTENTION . 231 GHAP . 167 168 On the sensations of hardness and softness 169 166 further considered Origin of the notions of extension and of the form or figure of bod- ies On the sensations of heat and cold 191 ence to the outlines ...
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... attention 237 Dependence of memory on atten- tion 238 Of exercising attention in read- ing , & c . 240 Alleged inability to command the attention CHAP . XV - DREAMING . 241 215 216 217 218 Definition of dreams and the pre- 219 Of what ...
... attention 237 Dependence of memory on atten- tion 238 Of exercising attention in read- ing , & c . 240 Alleged inability to command the attention CHAP . XV - DREAMING . 241 215 216 217 218 Definition of dreams and the pre- 219 Of what ...
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... attention . When asked , why they have forgotten things , which occurred yesterday or last week in their presence , they think it a sufficient answer to say , that they did not attend to them . All classes of men are practically ...
... attention . When asked , why they have forgotten things , which occurred yesterday or last week in their presence , they think it a sufficient answer to say , that they did not attend to them . All classes of men are practically ...
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... attention , the mind is subject to a law of increase ; it is not stationary , but is always advancing , always strengthening its susceptibilities of knowledge . - § . 5. Further grounds for this view . The remark last made is worthy of ...
... attention , the mind is subject to a law of increase ; it is not stationary , but is always advancing , always strengthening its susceptibilities of knowledge . - § . 5. Further grounds for this view . The remark last made is worthy of ...
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... attention , or the influence of prejudices , or an ignorance of the nature and sources of evidence , or from other causes , which may be guarded against and controlled . In other cases the mind is thrown into confusion in consequence of ...
... attention , or the influence of prejudices , or an ignorance of the nature and sources of evidence , or from other causes , which may be guarded against and controlled . In other cases the mind is thrown into confusion in consequence of ...
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Page 271 - Spit, fire! spout, rain! Nor rain, wind, thunder, fire, are my daughters: I tax not you, you elements, with unkindness; I never gave you kingdom, call'd you children, You owe me no subscription: then let fall Your horrible pleasure; here I stand, your slave, A poor, infirm, weak, and despis'd old man.
Page 508 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Page 22 - ... on a subject very remote from this, found themselves quickly at a stand, by the difficulties that rose on every side. After we had a while puzzled ourselves, without coming any nearer a resolution of those doubts which perplexed us, it came into my thoughts that we took a wrong course, and that, before we set ourselves upon inquiries of that nature, it was necessary to examine our own abilities, and see what objects our understandings were, or were not, fitted to deal with.
Page 64 - How can it enter into the thoughts of man, that the soul, which is capable of such immense perfections, and of receiving new improvements to all eternity, shall fall away into nothing almost as soon as it is created ? Are such abilities made for no purpose ? A brute arrives at a point of perfection that he can never pass : in a few years he has all the endowments he is capable of ; and were he to live ten thousand more, would be the same thing he is at present.
Page 306 - ... neither oblique nor rectangle, neither equilateral, equicrural, nor scalenon, but all and none of these at once. In effect, it is something imperfect that cannot exist, an idea wherein some parts of several different and inconsistent ideas are put together.
Page 250 - The waters have gone over me. But out of the black depths, could I be heard, I would cry out to all those who have but set a foot in the perilous flood.
Page 22 - After we had a while puzzled ourselves, without coming any nearer a resolution of those doubts which perplexed us, it came into my thoughts, that we took a wrong course ; and that before we set ourselves upon inquiries of that nature, it was necessary to examine our own abilities, and see what objects our understandings were, or were not, fitted to deal with. This I proposed to the company, who all readily assented ; and thereupon it was agreed, that this should be our first inquiry.
Page 528 - For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these having not the law, are a law unto themselves ; which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else excusing one another,) in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to.
Page 316 - 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 139 - Awatska, the guests of a people with whose existence we had before been scarce acquainted, and at the extremity of the habitable globe; a solitary, half-worn pewter spoon, whose shape was familiar to us, attracted our attention; and, on examination, we found it stamped on the back with the word London. I cannot pass over this circumstance in silence, out of gratitude for the many pleasant thoughts, the anxious hopes, and tender remembrances, it excited in us. Those who have experienced the effects...