I have, upon innumerable occasions, observed him suddenly stop, and then seem to count his steps with a deep earnestness ; and when he had neglected or gone wrong in this sort of magical movement, I have seen him go back again, put himself in a proper... Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind - Page 128by Dugald Stewart - 1821Full view - About this book
| James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...make the first actual movement when he came close to the door or passage. Thus I conjecture: for I have, upon innumerable occasions, observed him suddenly...abstraction, walk briskly on, and join his companion'. A strange instance of something of this nature, even when on horseback, happened when he was in the... | |
| James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pages
...make the first actual movement when he came close to the door or passage. Thus I conjecture : for I have, upon innumerable occasions, observed him suddenly...abstraction, walk briskly on, and join his companion. A strange instance of something of this nature, even when on horseback, happened when he was in the... | |
| James Boswell - 1807 - 514 pages
...he had 55. contracted early, and from which he had never called upon his reason to disentangle him. This was his anxious care to go out or in at a door...abstraction, walk briskly on, and join his companion. A strange instance of something of this nature, even when on horseback, happened when he was in the... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1809 - 530 pages
...I have seen him go back again, put himself in a proper posture to begin the ceremony, and, havjiig gone through it, break from his abstraction, walk briskly on, and join his companion."! • Boswell's Life, »ol.2, p. 175, 176. t Eo,wcll's Life, rol. 1, p. 439. To return, however, from... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1809 - 524 pages
...I have seen him go back again, put himself in a proper posture to begin the ceremony, and, h;iving gone through it, break from his abstraction, walk briskly on, and join his companion."f • Boswell's Life, vol. 2, p, 175, 176. t Boswell's Life, vol. 1, p. 4S9. To return,... | |
| Dugald Stewart - 1814 - 560 pages
...go back *gain, put himself in a proper posture to begin the cere* Hi,:. Nat. Hist. Lib ii. Dd mony, and having gone through it, break from his abstraction,...as his powers, and splendid as his accomplishments undoubledly were, was scarcely entitled to assert, that "Education is as well known, and has long been... | |
| James Boswell - 1817 - 466 pages
...when he came close to the door or passage. Thus I conjecture : for I have, upon innumerable occasion:, observed him suddenly stop, and then seem to count...abstraction, walk briskly on, and join his companion. A strange instance of something of this nature, even when on horseback, happened when he was in the... | |
| James Boswell - 1820 - 442 pages
...and when he had neglected or gone wrong in this sort of magical movement, I has e seen him go hack again, put himself in a proper posture to begin the...abstraction, walk briskly on, and join his companion. A strange instance of something of this nature, even when on horseback, happened when he was in the... | |
| James Boswell - 1821 - 376 pages
...make the first actual movement when he came close to the door or passage. Thus I conjecture : for I have, upon innumerable occasions, observed him suddenly...abstraction, walk briskly on, and join his companion. A strange instance of something of this nature, even when on horseback, happened when he was in the... | |
| James Boswell - 1821 - 376 pages
...make the first actual movement when he came close to the door or passage. Thus I conjecture: for I have, upon innumerable occasions, observed him suddenly...abstraction, walk briskly on, and join his companion. A strange instance of something of this nature, even when on horseback, happened when he was in the... | |
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