 | Nathan Drake - 1805 - 376 Seiten
...marble, in others like free-stone, and in others little better than sand ; I shall not here enquire : though it may seem probable, that the constitution...which seemed to be as lasting as if graved in marble *." We have thus reviewed a period of forty-two years, from the Restoration to the accession of Queen... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1805 - 370 Seiten
...marble, in others like free-stone, and in others little better than sand ; I shall not here enquire : though it may seem probable, that the constitution...which seemed to be as lasting as if graved in marble *." We have thus reviewed a period of forty-two years, from the Restoration to the accession of Queen... | |
 | John Locke - 1805 - 554 Seiten
...quite strip the mind of all its ideas, and the flames of a fever in a few days cal$ cine eine all tho& images to dust and confusion, which seemed to be as las-ting as if graved in marble. §. 6. But concerning the ideas themselves Constantly it is easy to remark, that those that are rcpeatedideas... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 416 Seiten
...probable, that the constitution of the body does sometimes influence the memory ; since we sometimes find a disease quite strip the mind of all its ideas...seemed to be as lasting as if graved in marble."* With Essay concerning Human Understanding, ch. x. sect. 5. With respect to the truth of this observation... | |
 | John Locke - 1808 - 346 Seiten
...probable, that the constitution of the body does sometimes influence the memory ; since we sometimes find a disease quite strip the mind of all its Ideas...which seemed to be as lasting as if graved in marble." It seems probable that the constitution of the body does sometimes influence the memory ; since we... | |
 | John Quincy Adams - 1810 - 414 Seiten
...the memory ; since we oftentimes find a disease quite strip the mind of all its ideas, and the Barnes of a fever in a few days calcine all those images...seemed to be as lasting, as if graved in marble." It has been remarked of a very distinguished literary character of France, D'Alembert, that there was... | |
 | John Millard - 1813 - 704 Seiten
...and the make of our animal spirits are concerned in this, and whether the temper of the brain makes this difference; that, in some, it retains the characters...which seemed to be as lasting as if graved in marble." 4. A good memory has these qualifications : (1.) It is ready to receive and admit, with perfect ease,... | |
 | Encyclopaedias, John Millard - 1813 - 712 Seiten
...concerned in this, and whether the temper of- the brain makes this difference, that, in some, it retain* the characters drawn on it like marble, in others...which seemed to be as lasting as if graved in marble." 4. A good memory has these qualifications : (1.) It is ready to receive and admit, with perfect ease,... | |
 | Gregor von Feinaigle - 1813 - 516 Seiten
...it may seem probable, that the constitution of the body does sometimes influence the memory ; lince we oftentimes find a disease quite strip the mind...which seemed to be as lasting as if graved in marble." Works, vol. ip 76. «,1. 4to. 1777. more than probable that, in this respect, if the anecdote be true,... | |
 | John Locke - 1813 - 518 Seiten
...we oftentimes find a disease quite strip the mind of all its ideas, and the flames of a fever in a1 few days calcine all those images to dust and confusion,...which seemed to be as lasting as if graved in marble. § 6. Constantly repeated ideas can scarce be lost. BUT concerning the ideas themselves it is easy... | |
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... this difference, that in some it retains the characters drawn on it like marble ; in others like freestone ; and in others, little better than sand, I shall not here inquire : though it may seem probable, that the constitution of the body does sometimes... 
