 MEMORY is, among the faculties of the human mind, that of which we make the most frequent use, or rather that of which the agency is incessant or perpetual. Memory is the primary and fundamental power, without which there could be no other intellectual...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The Idler - Page 169by Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787Full view - About this book
 | 1761 - 308 pages
...day rolls on, and.. the night Cometh when no man can wart. N° 44. Saturday, February \j. '\j\ EMORY is, among the faculties of the human mind, that of...their decifions only from experience. Imagination felc6ts ideas from the treafures of M 3 RememRemembrance, and produces novelty only by varied combinations.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1767 - 316 pages
...purpofe the day rolls on, and the night cometh when no man can work. N° 44. Saturday, February 1 7. MEMORY is, among the faculties of the human mind,...known, and draw their decifions only from experience. M 3 Imagina24.6 THE IDLER. Imagination felects ideas from the treafures of Remembrance, and produces... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 220 pages
...mind, that of which we make the most frequent use, or rather that of which the agency is incessant or perpetual. Memory is the primary and fundamental...intellectual operation. Judgment and ratiocination suppose something already known, and draw their decisions only from experience. Imagination selects... | |
 | 1803 - 196 pages
...most frequent use, or rather of which the agency is incessant or perpetual. Memory is the primary or fundamental power, without which there could be no...intellectual operation. Judgment and ratiocination suppose something already known, and draw their decisions only from experience. Imagination selects... | |
 | 1808 - 408 pages
...power of retention is •weak, all attempts at eminence of knowledge must be vain ; for memory is tlie primary and fundamental power, without which there...intellectual operation. Judgment and ratiocination suppose something already known, and draw their decisions only from experience. Imagination selects... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 428 pages
...mind, that of which we make the most frequent use, or rather that of which the agency is incessant or perpetual. Memory is the primary and fundamental...which there could be no other intellectual operation. A Judgment and ratiocination suppose something already known, and draw their decisions only from experience.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 386 pages
...human mind, that of which we make the most frequent use, or rather that of which the agent is incessant or perpetual. Memory is the primary and fundamental...intellectual operation. Judgment and ratiocination suppose something already known, and draw their decisions only from experience. Imagination selects... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 484 pages
...mind, that of which we make the most frequent use, or rather that of which the agency is incessant or perpetual. Memory is the primary and fundamental...intellectual operation. Judgment and ratiocination suppose something already known, and draw their decisions only from experience. Imagination selects... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 428 pages
...mind, that of which we make the most frequent use, or rather that of which the agency is incessant or perpetual. Memory is the primary and fundamental...intellectual operation. Judgment and ratiocination suppose something already known, and draw their decisions only from experience. Imagination selects... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 430 pages
...mind, that of which we make the most frequent use, or rather that of which the agency is incessant or perpetual. Memory is the primary and fundamental...intellectual operation. Judgment and ratiocination suppose something already known, and draw their decisions only from experience. Imagination selects... | |
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