 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1787 - 482 pages
...imagination in the human mind. " As wax," fays he, " would not be adequate lc to the purpofe of fignature, if it had not " the power to retain as well as to receive " the impreffion, the fame holds of the foul cc with refpect to fenfe and imagination. " Senfe is its receptive power; imagination tc its retentive.... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1802 - 416 pages
...imagination in the human mind. " As wax," fays he, " would not be " adequate to the purpofe of fignatures, if it had not the power ." to retain as well as to receive...fenfe and imagination. Senfe is " its receptive power ; imagination its retentive. Had it fenfe *' without imagination, it would not be as wax, but as water,... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1802 - 328 pages
...illuftrated by a fimile ; " As wax," fays he, " would ** not be adequate to the purpofe of fignature, if " it had not the power to retain as well, as to receive " the impreffion ; the fame holds of the foul wilh re" fpe<£t to fenfe and imagination. Senfe is. its receptive •" power, and imagination its... | |
 | David Irving - English language - 1803 - 266 pages
...ir.ftruct, the latter .to pleafe : . As wax would not be adequate to the purpofe of fignature, it.it had not the power to retain as well as to receive...impreffion, the fame holds of the foul with refpect to fenfe aud imagination.. Senfe is its receptive power; imagination its retentive. Had it fenfe without imagination,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1805 - 348 pages
...imagination in the human mind. " As wax," fays he, " would not be adequate to the purpofe of fignature, if it had not the power to retain as well as to receive...fenfe and imagination. Senfe is its receptive power ; imagination, its retentive. Had it fenfe without imagination, it would not be as wax, but as water,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1805 - 350 pages
...imagination in the human mind. " As wax," says he, " would not be adequate to the purpose of signature, if it had not the power to retain as well as to receive the impression, the same holds of the seal with respect to sense •"•'.VT^-"i^aUon. Sense.bits receptive... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1809 - 442 pages
...in the human mind. " As wax," fays he' *' would not be adequate to the purpofe of figna** ttire, if it had not the 'power to retain as well as ** to receive the imprefSon, the fame holds 'of ** the foul with refpect to fenfe and imagination. ** Senfe is its receptive... | |
 | John Millard - Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc - 1813 - 704 pages
...imagination in the human mind : " As wax," says he, " would not be adequate to the pur" pose of signature, if it had not the power to retain, as " well as to receive, the impression ; the same holds of the " soul with respect to sense and the imagination. Sense is " its... | |
 | Encyclopaedias, John Millard - Children's encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1813 - 712 pages
...imagination in the human mind : " As wax," says he, " would not be adequate to the pur" pose of signature, if it had not the power to retain, as * well as to receive, the impression ; the same holds of the " soul with respect to sense and the imagination. Sense is " its... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1818 - 300 pages
...illustrated by a simile ; •' As wax," says he, " would not be adequate to the purpose of signature, if it had not the power, to retain as well as to receive the impression ; the. same holds of the soulwith respect to sense and imagination. Sense is its receptive... | |
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would not be adequate to the purpose of signature, if it had not the power to retain, as well as to receive the impression, the same holds of the soul, with respect to sense and imagination. Sense is its receptive power ; imagination, its retentive.... 
