 | 1891 - 760 Seiten
...SECOND SIGHT.— "The Second Sight is an impression," says Dr Johnson, in his Journey to the Hebrides, " made either by the mind upon the eye or by the eye...are perceived and seen 'as if they were present." Here is an example which I came across a day or two ago. At present there is a man in Moidart, Inverness-shire,... | |
 | Helen Louise Cohen - 1927 - 402 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,...future are perceived, and seen as if they were present. . . . Mr. Boswell's frankness and gaiety made everybody communicative, and we heard many tales of the... | |
 | Kirsten T. Saxton, Rebecca P. Bocchicchio - 2000 - 386 Seiten
...second sight, which Samuel Johnson later defines in The Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland as "an impression made either by the mind upon the eye, or by the eye upon the mind, by which things instant or future are perceived, and seen as if they were present. . . .Things distant are seen at... | |
 | Felicity Nussbaum - 2003 - 356 Seiten
...special talent that Samuel Johnson later defines in The Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland as "an impression made either by the mind upon the eye, or by the eye upon the mind, by which things instant or future are perceived, and seen as if they were present . . . Things distant are seen at... | |
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mind upon the eye, or by the eye upon the mind, by which " things distant and future are perceived and seen as if they 
