 | Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1845 - 488 pages
...twist, and balance their own bodies as they see him do. It has also been frequently remarked, that when we see a stroke aimed and just ready to fall...or arm of another person, we naturally shrink, and slightly draw back our own leg or arm, with a sort of prophetic or anticipative imitation of the person... | |
 | 1840 - 832 pages
...demonstrated by many obvious observations, if it should not be thought sufficiently evident of itself. When we see a stroke aimed and just ready to fall...sufferer. The mob, when they are gazing at a dancer on the slack rope, naturally twist and writhe and balance their own bodies, as they see him do, and as they... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1849 - 450 pages
...Smith mentions a variety of facts which he thinks establish his doctrine with demonstrative evidence. " When we see a stroke aimed and just ready to fall...shrink and draw back our own leg, or our own arm, and * So far, indeed, is it from being true that those who are most impatient under their personal distresses... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1851 - 480 pages
...Smith mentions a variety of facts which he thinks establish his doctrine with demonstrative evidence. " When we see a stroke aimed and just ready to fall...sufferer. The mob, when they are gazing at a dancer on the slack rope, naturally writhe and twist and balance their own bodies as they see him do, and as they... | |
 | Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - 1853 - 288 pages
...unmanly, and unbecoming. " There is, however, a good deal of sympathy even " with bodily pain. If I see a stroke aimed, and "just ready to fall upon the leg or arm of another " person, I naturally shriek, and draw back my own " leg or my own arm ; and when it does fall, I feel " it in... | |
 | Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - 1853 - 296 pages
...unmanly, and unbecoming. " There is, however, a good deal of sympathy even " with bodily pain. If I see a stroke aimed, and "just ready to fall upon the leg or arm of another " person, I naturally shriek, and draw back my own " leg or my own arm ; and when it does fall, I feel " it in... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1853 - 616 pages
...There is, however, a good deal of sympathy even with bodily pain. If, as has already been observed, I see a stroke aimed, and just ready to fall upon the leg or arm of another person, I naturally shrink and draw back my own leg or my own arm : and when it does fall, I feel it in some... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1854 - 448 pages
...neighbour. " When we see a stroke aimed, and just ready to full upon the leg or arm of another {icrson, we naturally shrink and draw back our own leg or our...in some measure, and are hurt by it as well as the suffercr. The mob, when they are gazing at a dancer on the slack-rope, naturally writhe, and twist,... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1855 - 438 pages
...Smith mentions a variety of facts which he thinks establish his doctrine with demonstrative evidence. "When we see a stroke aimed, and just ready to fall...sufferer. The mob, when they are gazing at a dancer on the slack rope, naturally writhe and twist and balance their own bodies as they see him do, and as they... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1858 - 556 pages
...is impossible for us, however, to conceive ourselves placed in any situation, whether agreeable or otherwise, without feeling an effect of the same kind...measure, and are hurt by it as well as the sufferer. The inob, when they are gazing at a dancer on the slack-rope, naturally writhe and twist and balance their... | |
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When we see a stroke aimed and just ready to fall upon the leg or arm of another person, we naturally shrink and draw back our own leg or our own arm... 
