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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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Dissertations and Discussions: Political, Philosophical, and ..., Volume 2

John Stuart Mill - 1859 - 576 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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M. de Tocqueville on democracy in America

John Stuart Mill - 1859 - 576 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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Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic: Metaphysics

Sir William Hamilton - 1859 - 772 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 learned to know, and again forgot a thousand things in a day. One particular only (though...
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Human Physiology: Designed for Colleges and the Higher Classes in Schools ...

Worthington Hooker - 1859 - 468 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. At first he could...
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Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic, Volume 1

Sir William Hamilton - 1859 - 752 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 learu at once, he forgot many of them ; and (as he said) at first learned to know, and again forgot...
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The Metaphysics of Sir William Hamilton

Sir William Hamilton - 1861 - 584 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 learned to know, and again forgot a thousand things in a day. One particular only (though...
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The Metaphysics of Sir William Hamilton

Sir William Hamilton - 1861 - 584 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 learned to know, and again forgot a thousand things in a day. One particular only (though...
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The Metaphysics of Sir William Hamilton

Sir William Hamilton - 1862 - 584 pages
...upon being told what fiiings 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 learned to know, and again forgot a thousand things in a day. One particular only (though...
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The Afternoon Lectures on Literature and Art: Delivered in the Theatre of ...

1866 - 298 pages
...but upon being told what things were, before observed from feeling, he would carefully observe them 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. Several weeks after...
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Afternoon readings in the museum

Afternoon lectures - 1866 - 242 pages
...but upon being told what things were, before observed from feeling, he would carefully observe them 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. Several weeks after...
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