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A Compleat System of Opticks in Four Books, Viz. A Popular, a Mathematical ... - Page 43
by Robert Smith - 1738 - 171 pages
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The Introductory Discourse and Lectures ...

American Institute of Instruction - 1832 - 328 pages
...upon being told what things were, whose form he before knew from feeling, he would carefully observe, that he might know them again. But having too many objects to learn at once, he forgot many of them. Having often forgot which was the cat and which the dog, he was ashamed to ask ; but catching the cat...
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Annual Meeting: Proceedings, Constitution, List of Active Members, and Addresses

American Institute of Instruction - 1832 - 330 pages
...upon being told what things were, whose form he before knew from feeling, he would carefully observe, that he might know them again. But having too many objects to learn at 15 once, he forgot many of them. Having often forgot which was the cat and which the dog, he was ashamed...
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The Cabinet of Curiosities; Or, Wonders of the World Displayed: Forming a ...

1833 - 448 pages
...on being told what things were, whose form he before knew from feeling, he would carefully observe, that he might know them again'; but having too many...learn at once, he forgot many of them ; and, as he said, at first he learned to know, and again forgot a thousand things in a day. One particular only,...
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Über die Bildung der Gesichtsvorstellungen aus den Gesichtsempfindungen

G. Heermann - 1835 - 274 pages
...knew from feeling, he would carefully observe, that he might know them again ; **) but having to (ioo) many objects to learn at once, he forgot many of them, and (as he said) at first he learned to know and again forgot a thousand things in a day. *) ¡Damals atfo fcatte...
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Synopsis of Practical Perspective, Lineal and Aerial

Theodore Henry Fielding - 1836 - 208 pages
...upon being told what things were, whose form he knew from feeling, he would carefully observe, that he he might know them again : but having too many objects...learn at once, he forgot many of them, and (as he said) at first he learned to know, and again forgot a thousand things, one particular only, though...
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Essays ...

Richard Whately - 1837 - 426 pages
...upon being told what things were, whose form he knew before from feeling, he would carefully observe that he might know them again ; but having too many...learn at once, he forgot many of them, and, as he said, at first, learned to know, and forgot again a thousand things in a day. One particular I will...
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Christian Examiner and Theological Review, Volume 6; Volume 24

1838 - 428 pages
...upon being told what things were, whose form he before knew from feeling, he would carefully observe, that he might know them again. But having too many objects to learn at once, he forgot many of them. Having often forgot which was the cat and which the dog, he was ashamed to ask ; but catching the cat,...
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An appendix to the fourth edition of the Anatomy of the human body. To which ...

William Cheselden - 1839 - 32 pages
...upon being told what things were, whose form he before knew from feeling, he would carefully observe, that he might know them again ; but having too many...learn at once, he forgot many of them ; and (as he) said at first he learned to know, and again forgot a thousand things in a day. One particular only...
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A Review of Berkeley's Theory of Vision: Designed to Show the Unsoundness of ...

Samuel Bailey - 1842 - 256 pages
...upon being told what things were, whose form he before knew from feeling, he would carefully observe that he might know them again; but having too many...learn at once, he forgot many of them ; and (as he said) at first he learned to know, and again forgot, a thousand things in a day. One particular only,...
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Critical Essays on a Few Subjects Connected with the History and Present ...

Francis Bowen - 1842 - 388 pages
...upon being told what things were, whose form he before knew from feeling, he would carefully observe, that he might know them again. But having too many objects to learn at once, he forgot many of them. Having often forgot which was the cat and which the dog, he was ashamed to ask ; but catching the cat,...
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