 | 1832 - 628 pages
...insusceptible of useful abbreviation. " In his admirable work on this subject, Dr. Hibbert has shown that spectral apparitions are nothing more than ideas...beyond the reach of doubt ; but I propose to go much farther, and to show that the ' mind's eye' is actually the body's eye, aud that the retina is the... | |
 | 1832 - 600 pages
...bodily indisposition, have been rendered more vivid than actual impressions; or, to use other words, the pictures in the ' mind's eye ' are more vivid than the pictures in the body's eye." Sir David Brewster, however, goes much farther, and shows, " that the ' mind's eye ' is actually the... | |
 | David Brewster - 1834 - 370 pages
...its incapacity and mortify its pride. Tn his admirable work on this subject, Dr. Hibbert has shown that spectral apparitions are nothing more than ideas...beyond the reach of doubt ; but I propose to go much farther, and to show that the " mind's eye" is actually the body's eye., and that the retina is the... | |
 | Richard Henry Wilde - 1842 - 288 pages
...mortify its pride. " In his admirable work on this subject, Dr. Hibbert has shown that spectral illusions are nothing more than ideas, or the recollected images...are more vivid than the pictures in the body's eye. The principle has been placed by Dr. Hibbert beyond the reach of doubt ; but I propose to go much farther,... | |
 | Richard Henry Wilde - 1842 - 284 pages
...recollected images of the mind, which in certain states of bodily indisposition have been rendered more 263 vivid than actual impressions ; or to use other words,...are more vivid than the pictures in the body's eye. The principle has been placed by Dr. Hibbert beyond the reach of doubt ; but I propose to go much farther,... | |
 | David Brewster - 1856 - 394 pages
...which, in certain states of bodily indisposition, have been rendered more vivid than actual impression, or, to use other words, that the pictures in the "mind's...principle has been placed by Dr. Hibbert beyond the reaeh of doubt; but I propose to go much farther, and to show that the "mind's eye" is actually the... | |
 | 1832 - 618 pages
...insusceptibie of useful abbreviation. " In his admirable work on this subject, Dr. Hibbert has shown that spectral apparitions are nothing more than ideas...beyond the reach of doubt ; but I propose to go much farther, and to show that the ' mind's eye' is actually the body's eye, and that the retiría is the... | |
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... are more vivid than the pictures in the body's eye. This principle has been placed by Dr. Hibbert beyond the reach of doubt ; but I propose to go much farther, and to show that the 