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... character , that the greatest have often been bewildered by it , the author is aware that his boldness in attacking such , may subject him to censure , and also is fully convinced that the philo- sophy resultant from the facts he lays ...
... character , that the greatest have often been bewildered by it , the author is aware that his boldness in attacking such , may subject him to censure , and also is fully convinced that the philo- sophy resultant from the facts he lays ...
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... character . In one case the elec- tric state of the nervous system may be said to be powerful , in the other weak ; during the more powerful electro - nervous state , resulting from the circulation , the excitements of thought and ...
... character . In one case the elec- tric state of the nervous system may be said to be powerful , in the other weak ; during the more powerful electro - nervous state , resulting from the circulation , the excitements of thought and ...
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... character in it , that the finest pointed needle pressed on any part of the skin , immediately excites a consciousness , constituted of a knowledge in the brain , of a feeling existing in the part touched . But if the communication of ...
... character in it , that the finest pointed needle pressed on any part of the skin , immediately excites a consciousness , constituted of a knowledge in the brain , of a feeling existing in the part touched . But if the communication of ...
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... character often give rise to suggestions ; thus , the anger and strife of men , and that of the more terrible kinds of lower animals , having , to the ignorant or the poetic , a remote analogy to the phenomena of the clouds and storms ...
... character often give rise to suggestions ; thus , the anger and strife of men , and that of the more terrible kinds of lower animals , having , to the ignorant or the poetic , a remote analogy to the phenomena of the clouds and storms ...
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... character best qualified to ensure their comfort , in which she deposits and hatches her eggs : and when at length the young are detatched from the shell , the most lively industry is exhibited by her , in procuring food for their ...
... character best qualified to ensure their comfort , in which she deposits and hatches her eggs : and when at length the young are detatched from the shell , the most lively industry is exhibited by her , in procuring food for their ...
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action Agnes Sampson animal appeared associated atheism aware belief brain Brocken called causation cause character child circulation circumstances consciousness considered constituted course David Dickson Deity desire devil disease disposition duced effect evil excited exhibited existence experience expression facts faculties fire fluid habits hence human illusions impel impulse individual influence instance Joanna Southcott kind knowledge and feeling labour language leading thoughts ledge Margaret Barclay matter means ment metaphysicians mind mode moral muscles nature nerves nervous notions object opinion optic nerve organs pain peculiar person phantasms phenomena philosopher phrenological phrenologists possessed priests principle produced racter removal respecting resulting retina rience sciousness seen sensation shew shewn similar society sound specific gravity spectre spirit stances substance suggested supernatural suppose supposition susceptibility syllogism takes place theological thou thoughts and feelings tion tricity truth uneasiness various vivid witchcraft words young
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Página 206 - Let us then suppose the mind to be, as we say, white paper, void of all characters, without any ideas; how comes it to be furnished? Whence comes it by that vast store, which the busy and boundless fancy of man has painted on it with an almost endless variety? Whence has it all the materials of reason and knowledge? To this I answer, in one word, from EXPERIENCE; in that all our knowledge is founded, and from that it ultimately derives itself.
Página 197 - No, the heart that has truly loved never forgets, But as truly loves on to the close ; As the sun-flower turns on her god, when he sets, The same look which she turned when he rose.
Página 118 - If it be for thy glory, I beseech thee give me some sign from heaven ; if not, I shall suppress it.
Página 99 - Like the darkened moon he retired, in the midst of the whistling blast.
Página 167 - Europe, have given up all accounts of witches and apparitions, as mere old wives' fables. I am sorry for it : and I willingly take this opportunity of entering my solemn protest against this violent compliment, which so many that believe the Bible pay to those who do not believe it.
Página 67 - Is ever wi' my Jean. I see her in the dewy flowers, I see her sweet and fair : I hear her in the tunefu...
Página 118 - Veritate, in my hand, and, kneeling on my knees, devoutly said these words, 0 thou eternal God, Author of the light which now shines upon me, and Giver of all inward illuminations, I do beseech thee, of thy infinite goodness, to pardon a greater request than a sinner ought to make; I am not satisfied enough whether I shall publish this book, De Veritate...
Página 94 - 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 ? I see thee yet, in form as palpable As this which now I draw. Thou marshal'st me the way that I was going; And such an instrument I was to use. Mine eyes are made the fools o...
Página 206 - Though the qualities that affect our senses are, in the things themselves, so united and blended, that there is no separation, no distance between them; yet it is plain the ideas they produce in the mind enter by the senses simple and unmixed...
Página 94 - Mine eyes are made the fools o' the other senses, Or else worth all the rest ; I see thee still, And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood, Which was not so before.