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" And so I doubt not it would be to a waking man, if it were possible for him to keep only one idea in his mind, without variation and the succession of others. And we see that one who fixes his thoughts very intently on one thing, so as to take but little... "
Critical Essays on a Few Subjects: Connected with the History and Present ... - Page 135
by Francis Bowen - 1842 - 352 pages
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The English Essayists: A Comprehensive Selection from the Works of the Great ...

1881 - 578 pages
...begin to thiuk again, seems to have no distance." To which the author adds : ' ' And so I doubt not but h-b/ P-b/ and we see that one who fixes his thoughts very intently on one thing, so as to take but little notice...
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Todd's complete works

John Todd - 1882 - 996 pages
...seems to have no distance. And so, no doubt, it would be to a waking man, if it were possible for hiin to keep only one idea in his mind without variation, and the succession of others; and we sec, OUB LTTEg ILEASOTFTD BY OUR THOXT3HTS. 97 that one who fixes his thoughts yery intently...
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The English Essayists: A Comprehensive Selection from the Works of the Great ...

Robert Cochrane - 1887 - 572 pages
...begin to think again, seems to have no distance." To which the author adds : "And so I doubt not but($ f a foul and poisonous snake. Those who injured her during the period of her disguise were : and we see thai one who fixes his thoughts very intently on one thing, so as to take but little notice...
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Selections from the Spectator of Addison and Steele

A. Meserole - 1896 - 450 pages
...begin to think again, seems to have no distance. "\ To which the author adds, "and so I doubt not but it would be to a waking man if it were possible for...mind, without variation, and the succession of others ; and we see, that one who fixes his thoughts very intently on one thing, so as to take but little...
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The Spectator, Volume 2

George Gregory Smith - 1897 - 356 pages
...begin to think again, seem to have no Distance/' To which the Author adds ; "And so, I doubt not, but it would be to a waking Man, if it were possible for...without | Variation, and the Succession of others * And we see, that! one who fixes his Thoughts very intently on one thing, so as to take but little...
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Essays and Tales

Joseph Addison - 1901 - 208 pages
...think again, seems to have no distance." To which the author adds, " aud so I doubt not but it would bo to a waking man, if it were possible for him to keep...mind, without variation and the succession of others ; and we see that one who fixes his thoughts very intently on one thing, so as to take but little notice...
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Aberdeen University Studies, Issues 73-74

1917 - 714 pages
...which possesses duration in itself. Thus Locke tells us that, if it were possible for a waking man to keep only one idea in his mind without variation and the succession of others, the perception of duration would be ' quite lost to him ', as much so as it is in sound sleep ; though,...
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English Prose from Mandeville to Ruskin

William Peacock - 1903 - 408 pages
...begin to think again, seems to have no distance.' To which the author adds, ' And so I doubt not but it would be to a waking man, if it were possible for...mind, without variation, and the succession of others; and we see, that one who fixes his thoughts very intently on one thing, so as to take little notice...
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The Idea of God in the Light of Recent Philosophy

Andrew Seth Pringle-Pattison - 1917 - 452 pages
...which possesses duration in itself. Thus Locke tells us that, if it were possible for a waking man to keep only one idea in his mind without variation and the succession of others, the perception of duration would be ' quite lost to him ', as much so as it is in sound sleep ; though,...
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The Idea of God in the Light of Recent Philosophy: The Gifford Lectures ...

Andrew Seth Pringle-Pattison - 1917 - 450 pages
...which possesses duration in itself. Thus Locke tells us that, if it were possible for a waking man to keep only one idea in his mind without variation and the succession of others, the perception of duration would be ' quite lost to him ', as much so as it is in sound sleep ; though,...
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