An essay on the principles of human knowledgeJ. Archdeacon & J. Burges, 1794 - 240 pages |
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... mind at the fame time , e.g. Light coming from feveral objects to the eye ; particles of air affecting the auditory nerve , of which the motions are excited by the vibratory motion of the particles of bodies ; caufes of feeling from ...
... mind at the fame time , e.g. Light coming from feveral objects to the eye ; particles of air affecting the auditory nerve , of which the motions are excited by the vibratory motion of the particles of bodies ; caufes of feeling from ...
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... mind ) or fyllable that begun or even ended & c . the word ; or fome circumftance connected with the matter ; and from this recollection we often find the word , or matter more or less accurately , accord- ( 3 ) according as its ...
... mind ) or fyllable that begun or even ended & c . the word ; or fome circumftance connected with the matter ; and from this recollection we often find the word , or matter more or less accurately , accord- ( 3 ) according as its ...
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... mind from its faculties often an- nexes ideas together , which were never before affociated in the memory . 7. The mind in all its faculties is limited , it can only distinguish even fimple ideas to a cer- tain degree , which ...
... mind from its faculties often an- nexes ideas together , which were never before affociated in the memory . 7. The mind in all its faculties is limited , it can only distinguish even fimple ideas to a cer- tain degree , which ...
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Edward Waring. not be perceived ; and when the mind can per- ceive no difference between colours or founds , angles or ... mind , and that most fre- quently not the fame with any of the before- mentioned , e . g . The caufes of feveral ...
Edward Waring. not be perceived ; and when the mind can per- ceive no difference between colours or founds , angles or ... mind , and that most fre- quently not the fame with any of the before- mentioned , e . g . The caufes of feveral ...
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... mind are not only different as the object from which they proceed is different , but alfo as the conftitution of the organ of the precipient is different ; e . g . Let a man have a microfcopic eye , or which is the fame , view the ...
... mind are not only different as the object from which they proceed is different , but alfo as the conftitution of the organ of the precipient is different ; e . g . Let a man have a microfcopic eye , or which is the fame , view the ...
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Page 93 - The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me ; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek ; he hath sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound...
Page 93 - ... opened not his mouth. He was taken from prifon and from judgment : and who fhall declare. his generation ? for he was cur off out of the land of the living : for the tranfgreffion of my people was he ftricken.
Page 93 - But He was wounded for our tranfgreffions, He was bruifed for our iniquities : the chaftifement of our peace was upon Him ; and with His ftripes we are healed. All we like meep have gone aftray ; we have turned every one to his own way ; and the LORD hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
Page 93 - He was afflicted, yet He opened not His mouth : He is brought as a lamb to the flaughter, and as a fheep before her fhearers is dumb, fo He openeth not His mouth. He was taken from prifon and from judgment : and who mall declare His generation ? for He was cut off out of the land of the living : for the tranfgreffion of my people was was He ftricken.
Page 93 - He is defpifed and rejected of men ; a Man of forrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from Him ; He was defpifed, and we efteemed Him not.
Page 115 - I could subjoin in utility : many more might have been added, but I never could hear of any reader in England out of Cambridge, who took the pains to read and understand what I have written.
Page 94 - And He made His grave with the wicked, and with the rich in His death ; becaufe He had done no violence, neither was any deceit in His mouth.
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Page 114 - I have given a history of the inventions of the different writers, and ascribed them to their respective authors, and likewise some account of my own. To every one of these sciences I have been able to make some additions, and in the whole, if I am not mistaken in enumerating them, somewhere between three and four...