 | James Mitchell - 1825 - 798 trang
...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 the mind, by which things distant or futuro aro perceived and eeen ы if they were prêtent Л man on a journey Гаг from lióme,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1825 - 242 trang
...describe the second sight, by adopting Dr Johnson's definition, who calls it ,. Ai, impression, cither 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... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 420 trang
...Highlands of Scotland, those of the Western Isles, of the Isle of Man, and of Ireland. It 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 perceived, and seen as if they were present. A roan on a journey far from home... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1831 - 582 trang
...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... | |
 | Margaret De Courcy, Beatrice De Courcy - 1832 - 508 trang
...nearly to the extent il did a century ago, says, — "The Second-sight is un impression made either iiy the mind upon the eye, or by the eye upon the mind, by which things distant, or future, are perceived, and seen as if they were present. A man on a jnurney, far from home,... | |
 | James Browne - 1838 - 558 trang
...mode of seeing, superadded to that which nature generally bestows,"-)- and consists of " an impression made either by the mind upon the eye, or by the eye upon the mind, by which things distant or future are perceived, and seen as if they were present.":): This * Western Islands, p. 122.... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1838 - 562 trang
...second sight, by adopting Dr. Johncon's definition, who calls it "An impression, cither by the rnind upon the eye. or by the eye upon the mind, by which Ihings distant and future are perceived and seen as if they were present." To which I would only add,... | |
 | John Brand - 1842 - 306 trang
...of successive facts, it is desirable that the truth should be established, or the fallacy detected. either by the mind upon the eye, or by the eye upon the mind, by which things distant or future are perceived and seen as if they were present. A man on a journey, far from home,... | |
 | John Brand, Henry Ellis - 1849 - 520 trang
...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 the mind, by which things distant or future are perceived and seen as if they were present. A man on a journey, far from home,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1853 - 404 trang
...a mode of seeing superadded to that which Nature generally bestows ; and consists of an impression made either by the mind upon the eye — or by the eye upon the mind, by which things distant or future are perceived and seen, as if they were present. ThU deceptive faculty ia called... | |
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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 perceived, and seen as if they were present. 
