...can 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...

...SIGHT.— "The Second Sight is an impression," says Dr Johnson, in his Journey to the Hebrides, " made either by the mind upon the eye or by the eye upon...are perceived and seen 'as if they were present." Here is an example which I came across a day or two ago. At present there is a man in Moidart, Inverness-shire,...

...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...future are perceived, and seen as if they were present. . . . Mr. Boswell's frankness and gaiety made everybody communicative, and we heard many tales of the...

...Samuel Johnson later defines in The Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland as "an impression made either by the mind upon the eye, or by the eye upon the mind, by which things instant or future are perceived, and seen as if they were present. . . .Things distant are seen at...

...journey to Scotland, he sceptically examined the reasons for and against believing in the "second sight," "by which things distant or future are perceived, and seen as if they were present"; his conclusion is to some degree emblematic of his entire religious life: "I never could advance my...

...Samuel Johnson later defines in The Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland as "an impression made either by the mind upon the eye, or by the eye upon the mind, by which things instant or future are perceived, and seen as if they were present . . . Things distant are seen at...