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... bodies by the sight 38. Illustration of the subject from the blind 39. Measurements of magnitude by the eye 40. Of ... body 48. Of habit in relation to the smell Page 38 · ib . • 40 41 • 42 44 • 45 46 47 ORGONORAK885 · 48 49 50 51 52 ...
... bodies by the sight 38. Illustration of the subject from the blind 39. Measurements of magnitude by the eye 40. Of ... body 48. Of habit in relation to the smell Page 38 · ib . • 40 41 • 42 44 • 45 46 47 ORGONORAK885 · 48 49 50 51 52 ...
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... body 217. Of excited conceptions and of apparitions in general 218. Of the less permanent excited conceptions of sight 219. Of the less permament excited conceptions of sound 220. First cause of permanently vivid conceptions or ...
... body 217. Of excited conceptions and of apparitions in general 218. Of the less permanent excited conceptions of sight 219. Of the less permament excited conceptions of sound 220. First cause of permanently vivid conceptions or ...
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... body , and particularly in the organ of sense . The sensation of touch , as we seem to imagine , is in the hand , which is the organ of touch , and is not truly internal ; the hearing is in the ear , and the vision in the eye , and not ...
... body , and particularly in the organ of sense . The sensation of touch , as we seem to imagine , is in the hand , which is the organ of touch , and is not truly internal ; the hearing is in the ear , and the vision in the eye , and not ...
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... bodies operate on the senses , before there is any affection of the mind , but it is not easy to say what the ... body , and some change in consequence of it in the organ of sense . ( II . ) Subsequently to the change in the organ ...
... bodies operate on the senses , before there is any affection of the mind , but it is not easy to say what the ... body , and some change in consequence of it in the organ of sense . ( II . ) Subsequently to the change in the organ ...
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... bodies have extension , all bodies have figure , all are capable of division , all possess the attribute of solidity . By SOLIDITY in bodies ( perhaps some would prefer the term RESISTANCE ) is to be understood that quality by which a body ...
... bodies have extension , all bodies have figure , all are capable of division , all possess the attribute of solidity . By SOLIDITY in bodies ( perhaps some would prefer the term RESISTANCE ) is to be understood that quality by which a body ...
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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.