The writer well remembers his astonishment, when a boy of seven or eight, at fainting when he saw a horse bled. The blood was in a bucket, with a stick in it, and, if memory does not deceive him, he stirred it round and saw it drip from the stick with... The Principles of Psychology - Page 457by William James - 1908Full view - About this book
| 1884 - 640 pages
...our friend goes near to the edge of a precipice, we get the well-known feeling of " all-overishness," and we shrink back, although we positively know him...round and saw it drip from the stick with no feeling save that of childish curiosity. Suddenly the world grew black before his eyes, his ears began to buzz,... | |
| William James - 1892 - 510 pages
...our friend goes near to the edge of a precipice, we get the well-known feeling of ' all-overishness,' and we shrink back, although we positively know him...round and saw it drip from the stick with no feeling save that of childish curiosity. Suddenly the world grew black before his eyes, his ears began to buzz,... | |
| William James - 1892 - 500 pages
...our friend goes near to the edge of a precipice, we get the well-known feeling of ' all-overishness/ and we shrink back, although we positively know him...stick in it, and, if memory does not deceive him, lie stirred it round and saw it drip from the stick with no feeling save that of childish curiosity.... | |
| William James - 1892 - 506 pages
...our friend goes near to the edge of a precipice, we get the well-known feeling of ' all-overishness,' and we shrink back, although we positively know him...eight, at fainting when he saw a horse bled. The blood in a bucket, with a stick in it, and, if memory does not deceive him, he stirred it round and saw it... | |
| Paul Carus - 1893 - 720 pages
...such emotion. Professor James himself gives an instance of this sort that can hardly be bettered : "The writer well remembers his astonishment, when...him, he stirred it round and saw it drip from the slick with no feeling save that of childish curiosity. Suddenly the world grew black before his eyes,... | |
| Horatio Willis Dresser - 1908 - 590 pages
...our friend goes near to the edge of a precipice, we get the well-known feeling of "all-overishness," and we shrink back, although we positively know him...safe, and have no distinct imagination of his fall. 3 ' Principles of Psychology, ii.,p.4S2. » Ibid., p. 453. ' Ibid., p. 457. Every one knows how panic... | |
| Horatio Willis Dresser - 1908 - 584 pages
...our friend goes near to the edge of a precipice, we get the well-known feeling of "all-overishness," and we shrink back, although we positively know him...to be safe, and have no distinct imagination of his fall.3 1 Principles of Psychology, ii., p. 453. »/Wd,,p.453. ' Ibid.,p.4ST. 14 2io The Philosophy... | |
| Adam Leroy Jones - 1909 - 332 pages
...writer well remembers his astonishment, when a boy of seven or eight, at fainting when a horse was bled. The blood was in a bucket, with a stick in it, and, if memory docs not deceive him, he stirred it round and saw it drip from the stick with no feeling save that... | |
| 1912 - 770 pages
...our friend goes near to the edge of a precipice, we get the well-known feeling of ' all-overishness,' and we shrink back, although we positively know him...round and saw it drip from the stick with no feeling save that of childish curiosity. Suddenly the world grew black before his eyes, his ears began to buzz,... | |
| Benjamin Rand - 1912 - 766 pages
...our friend goes near to the edge of a precipice, we get the well-known feeling of ' all-overishness,' and we shrink back, although we positively know him to be safe, PSYCHOLOGY 659 and have no distinct imagination of his fall. The writer well remembers his astonishment,... | |
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