 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 432 ページ
...truth mould be eftablifhed, 9r thq fallacy detected. .!;.'-, . ; The Second Sight is an impreffion made either by the mind upon the eye, or by the eye upon the mind, by which things diftant or future are perceived, and feea as if they were prefent. A man on a journey far from home... | |
 | Matthew Gregory Lewis - 1801 - 254 ページ
...only describe the secpnd sight, by adopting Dr. Johnson's definition, who calls it " An impression either by the mind upon the eye, or by the eye upon the mind, by whjch things distant and future are perceived and seen as if they were present." To which I would only... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 424 ページ
...be eftabliQied, or the fallacy detected. The Second Sight is an impreffion made either by the Wind upon the eye, or by the eye upon the mind, by which things diftant or future are perceived, and feen j|s if they were prefent. A man on a journey far from hpme... | |
 | Matthew Gregory Lewis - 1805 - 264 ページ
...with the dead they hold, And oft espy the fated shroud That shall the future corpse infold. pression , either by the mind upon the eye , or by the eye upon the mind , by which things distant and future are perceived and seen as if they were present," To which I would only add, that the spectral... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1806 - 360 ページ
...that the truth should be established, or the fallacy detected The Second Sight is an impression made either by the mind upon the eye, or by the eye upon...perceived, and seen as if they were present. A man pn a journey far from home falls from his horse; Another, who is perhaps at work about the house, sees... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1806 - 512 ページ
...only describe the second sight, by adopting Dr Johnson's definition, who calls it " An impression, either by the mind " upon the eye, or by the eye upon the mind, by which things " distant and future are perceived and seen as if they were pre" sent." To which I would only add, that the spectral... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1806 - 198 ページ
...only describe the second sight, by adopting Dr Johnson's definition, who calls it " An impression, either by the " mind upon the eye, or by the eye upon the mind, by which " things distant and future are perceived and seen as if they " were present." To which I would only add, that the spectral... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1809 - 378 ページ
...that the truth should be esta. Wished. or the fallacy detected. The second sight is an impression made either by the mind upon the eye, or by the eye upon the mind, by which things distant or future are per. ceived, and seen as if they were present. A man on a journey far from home falls from his horse... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 824 ページ
...thofe of the Wellern ifles, of the ille of Man, and of Ireland. It is an iinpreflion made either by tbc mind upon the eye, or by the eye upon the mind, by which things diilant or future are perceived, and feen aï if they were prcfent. A man on a journey far from home... | |
 | Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811 - 476 ページ
...impression made either by the eye upon the mind, or by the mind upon the eye, by which things distant and future are perceived, and seen as if they were present, A. man on a journey, far from home, falls from hist horse ; another, who is perhaps at work about thet house sees him bleeding on the ground, commonly... | |
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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 
