| Sir Walter Scott - 1900 - 622 σελίδες
...only describe the second sight, by adopting Dr. Johnson's definition, who calls it ' an impression, either by the mind upon the eye, or by the eye upon the mind, by which things distant and future are perceived and seen as if they were present.' To which I would only add, that the spectral... | |
| John Brand, Henry Ellis - 1900 - 808 σελίδες
...every other account of it. Second sight, he writes, is " an impression made either by the mind upon le eye, or by the eye upon the mind, by which things distant or future are •rceived and seen as if they were present A man on a journey, far from ;>me, falls from his horse... | |
| Walter Scott - 1902 - 450 σελίδες
...only describe the second-sight, by adopting Dr. Johnson's definition, who calls it ' An impression, either by the mind upon the eye, or by the eye upon the mind, by which things distant and future are perceived and seen as if they were present.' To which I would only add, that the spectral... | |
| John Brand, Henry Ellis, William Carew Hazlitt - 1905 - 366 σελίδες
...sight. Of an opinion received for centuries by a whole nation, and supposed to be confirmed through its whole descent by a series of successive facts,...which things distant or future are perceived, and seem as if they were present. A man on a journey, far from home, falls from his horse ; another, who... | |
| John Brand, Sir Henry Ellis, William Carew Hazlitt, Henry Ellis - 1905 - 354 σελίδες
...facts, it is desirable that the truth should be established, or the fallacy detected. The second eight is an impression made either by the mind upon the...which things distant or future are perceived, and seem as if they were present. A man on a journey, far from home, falls from his horse ; another, who... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1906 - 270 σελίδες
...sight. Of an opinion received for centuries by a whole nation, and supposed to be confirmed through its whole descent by a series of successive facts,...truth should be established, or the fallacy detected. " Second sight " is an impression made either by the mind upon the eye, or by the eye upon the mind,... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1908 - 992 σελίδες
...can only describe the second sight by adopting Dr. Johnson's definition, who calk it ' An impression, e, and swore that he would continue his vassals and future are perceived and seen as if they were present/ To which I would only add, that the spectral... | |
| John Spencer Bassett, Edwin Mims, William Henry Glasson, William Preston Few, William Kenneth Boyd, William Hane Wannamaker - 1922 - 462 σελίδες
...opinion," he remarks, "received for centuries by a whole nation, and supposed to be confirmed through its whole descent by a series of successive facts,...that the truth should be established, or the fallacy detected."12 But in spite of his diligent inquiry he was unable to arrive at a satisfactory conclusion... | |
| John Ker Spittal - 1923 - 436 σελίδες
...adds, " Of an opinion received for centuries by a whole nation, and supposed to be confirmed through its whole descent, by a series of successive facts,...should be established, or the fallacy detected." The Doctor's remark, and intention, are equally entitled to our approbation ; but the misfortune is, that,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1923 - 824 σελίδες
...can only describe the second sight by adopting Dr. Johnson's definition, who calls it 'an impression, either by the mind upon the eye, or by the eye upon the mind, by which things distant and future are perceived and seen as if they were present.' To which I would only add, that the spectral... | |
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