Dissertations Moral and Critical, Том 1Mess. Exshaw, Walker, Beatty, White, Byrne, Cash, and M'Kenzie, 1783 |
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... cafe , it might be verified . But now , my memory informs me , that the adventure was real , and that I was an agent in it , and an eye - witness . Hence it appears , that in fome cafes Imagination may become Remembrance . And it may be ...
... cafe , it might be verified . But now , my memory informs me , that the adventure was real , and that I was an agent in it , and an eye - witness . Hence it appears , that in fome cafes Imagination may become Remembrance . And it may be ...
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... cafe , there is either no remembrance , or a con- fused one : and they think , that the brains of old men , grown callous by length of time , are like hard wax , equally tenacious of old im- preffions , and unfufceptible of new . Many ...
... cafe , there is either no remembrance , or a con- fused one : and they think , that the brains of old men , grown callous by length of time , are like hard wax , equally tenacious of old im- preffions , and unfufceptible of new . Many ...
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... cafe . Old men can give a more exact account of what happened in their youth , than of more recent events . And any man remembers better the face of a dear friend whom he has not feen for many days , than that of an indifferent stranger ...
... cafe . Old men can give a more exact account of what happened in their youth , than of more recent events . And any man remembers better the face of a dear friend whom he has not feen for many days , than that of an indifferent stranger ...
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... cafe , and in the other , we shall confirm ourselves in those habits of inattention , which , when long perfifted in , form what is called an absent man . In converfation too , let us always mind what is faying and doing around us , and ...
... cafe , and in the other , we shall confirm ourselves in those habits of inattention , which , when long perfifted in , form what is called an absent man . In converfation too , let us always mind what is faying and doing around us , and ...
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... cafe : but there are exceptions . Mr. Hume , as I have been affured by those who knew him , could im- mediately after dinner engage in profound fpe- culation , without being the worfe for it . - The morning has oft been celebrated as a ...
... cafe : but there are exceptions . Mr. Hume , as I have been affured by those who knew him , could im- mediately after dinner engage in profound fpe- culation , without being the worfe for it . - The morning has oft been celebrated as a ...
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