Dissertations Moral and Critical, Том 1Mess. Exshaw, Walker, Beatty, White, Byrne, Cash, and M'Kenzie, 1783 |
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... fign to the thing fignified , than in judging of the diftance , magnitude , and figure , of things , from their vifible appearance . The eye perceives only light and colour : yet by the eye we estimate figure , and magnitude , and con ...
... fign to the thing fignified , than in judging of the diftance , magnitude , and figure , of things , from their vifible appearance . The eye perceives only light and colour : yet by the eye we estimate figure , and magnitude , and con ...
Стр. 120
... fign to that meaning which cuftom has annexed to it : and , if the the inftance of a young man , who had been born blind , and who was made to fee at the age of fourteen ( his cataracts be- ing then couched by the famous Cheffelden ) it ...
... fign to that meaning which cuftom has annexed to it : and , if the the inftance of a young man , who had been born blind , and who was made to fee at the age of fourteen ( his cataracts be- ing then couched by the famous Cheffelden ) it ...
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... fign of a cer- tain folid figure . And if a painter , by means of colour , can exactly imitate this light and fhade , his work will appear to the eye to have all the prominencies and cavities of the folid body , though it be delineated ...
... fign of a cer- tain folid figure . And if a painter , by means of colour , can exactly imitate this light and fhade , his work will appear to the eye to have all the prominencies and cavities of the folid body , though it be delineated ...
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... a known language are with the thoughts they ftand for ; fo that the outward fign is no fooner perceived , than the idea fignified prefents itself . In proof of this reafoning , it might be re- In 160 OF IMAGINATION . Chap . II .
... a known language are with the thoughts they ftand for ; fo that the outward fign is no fooner perceived , than the idea fignified prefents itself . In proof of this reafoning , it might be re- In 160 OF IMAGINATION . Chap . II .
Стр. 165
... fign of merriment , which is no virtue at all , and may happen occafionally to the peevish and paffionate , as well as to the good- natured and chearful . Some of our English poets call Venus the laughter - loving dame ; but Homer with ...
... fign of merriment , which is no virtue at all , and may happen occafionally to the peevish and paffionate , as well as to the good- natured and chearful . Some of our English poets call Venus the laughter - loving dame ; but Homer with ...
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