 | Samuel Johnson - Authors, English - 1792 - 258 pages
...defirable that the truth fhould be eftablifhed,. or the fallacy detected. The Second Sight is an impreffibn made either by the mind upon the eye, or by the eye upon the jnind, by which things diftant or future are pere'eived, and feen as if they were prefent. A man on... | |
 | John Adams - World history - 1795 - 676 pages
...mould be cftablifhcd, or the fallacy detected. '1'hc Second »' Sight is an impreflion made cither by the mind upon the ?' eye, or by the eye upon the mind, by which things difhmt H or future are perceived, and (ecu as if they were prricnt, *' A man on a journey far from... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 442 pages
...inhabitants of the Highlands of Scotland, thofe of the Weftern Ifles, of the Ifle of Man, and of Ireland, It is an impreffion made either by the mind upon the eye, or by the eye upon the mind, by which things dittant or future are perceived, and feen as if they were prcient. A man on a journey far from home... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Authors, English - 1800 - 302 pages
...desirable 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... | |
 | Books and bookselling - 1800 - 506 pages
...attepdants, of whom of the life of Mnn, and of Ireland. It is an irnpreffion made either by the mind upo;i the eye, or by the eye upon the mind, by which things diftant or future are perceived, andfeeo, as if they were prefent. A man on a journey, far from home, falls from if he knows them, he... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Biography - 1801 - 432 pages
...defcent by a feries of fucceffive facts, it is defirable that the truth mould be eftablifhed, 9r thq fallacy detected. .!;.'-, . ; The Second Sight is...which things diftant or future are perceived, and feea as if they were prefent. A man on a journey far from home falls from his horfe; another, who is... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Biography - 1801 - 424 pages
...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 falls from his horfe; another, who is perhaps... | |
 | Matthew Gregory Lewis - Ballads, English - 1801 - 464 pages
...only defcribe the fecond fight, by adopting Dr. Johnfton's definition, who calls it " An impreffion either by the mind upon the eye, or by the eye upon the mind, by which things diftant and future are perceived and feen as if they were prefent." To which I would only add, that the fpeftral... | |
 | Matthew Gregory Lewis - Ballads, English - 1801 - 268 pages
...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... | |
 | Matthew Gregory Lewis - Ballads, English - 1801 - 254 pages
...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... | |
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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. 
