 | Matthew Gregory Lewis - 1801 - 254 Seiten
...only describe the secpnd 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 whjch things distant and future are perceived and seen as if they were present." To which I would only... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 424 Seiten
...be eftabliQied, or the fallacy detected. The Second Sight is an impreffion made either by the Wind upon the eye, or by the eye upon the mind, by which things diftant or future are perceived, and feen j|s if they were prefent. A man on a journey far from hpme... | |
 | Matthew Gregory Lewis - 1805 - 264 Seiten
...with the dead they hold, And oft espy the fated shroud That shall the future corpse infold. pression , 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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1806 - 512 Seiten
...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 pre" sent." To which I would only add, that the spectral... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1806 - 198 Seiten
...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... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1809 - 378 Seiten
...whole descent, by a seriss of successive facts, it is desirable that the truth should be esta. Wished. or the fallacy detected. The second sight is an impression...upon the mind, by which things distant or future are per. ceived, and seen as if they were present. A man on a journey far from home falls from his horse... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 824 Seiten
...thofe of the Wellern ifles, of the ille of Man, and of Ireland. It is an iinpreflion made either by tbc mind upon the eye, or by the eye upon the mind, by which things diilant or future are perceived, and feen aï if they were prcfent. A man on a journey far from home... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 388 Seiten
...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,...be established, or the fallacy detected. The second right is an impression made either by the mind upon the eye, or by the eye upon the mind, by which... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1818 - 306 Seiten
...can only describe the second sight by adopting Dr. Johnsou'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... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 272 Seiten
...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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