 He had another particularity, of which none of his friends ever ventured to ask an explanation. It appeared to me some superstitious habit which he had contracted early, and from which he had never called upon his reason to disentangle him. This was his...  Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind - Page 227by Dugald Stewart - 1814Full view - About this book
 | Richard Robert Madden - 1833 - 164 pages
...peculiarity," says Boswell, "of which none of his friends ever ventured to ask an explanation. This was an anxious care to go out or in at a door, or passage,...by a certain number of steps from a certain point, so as that either his right or left foot, I forget which, should constantly make the first actual movement.... | |
 | Richard Robert Madden - 1833 - 310 pages
...peculiarity," says Boswell, " of which none of his friends ever ventured to ask an explanation. This was an anxious care to go out or in at a door, or passage,...by a certain number of steps from a certain point, so as that either his right or left foot, I forget which, should constantly make the first actual movement.... | |
 | Richard Robert Madden - 1833 - 214 pages
...peculiarity," says Boswell, "of which none of his friends ever ventured to ask an explanation. This was an anxious care to go out or in at a door, or passage,...by a certain number of steps from a certain point, so as that either his right or left foot, I forget which, should constantly make the first actual movement.... | |
 | 1833 - 626 pages
...peculiarity," says Boswell, " of which none of his friends ever ventured to ask an explanation. This was an anxious care to go out or in at a door, or passage,...by a certain number of steps from a certain point, so as that either his right or left foot, I forget which, should constantly make the first actual movement.... | |
 | Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1837 - 510 pages
...ventured to ask an explanation. It appeared to me some superstitious habit, which he had contracted early, and from which he had never called upon his reason...number of steps from a certain point, or at least so that as either his right or left foot, (I am not certain which,) should constantly make the first movement... | |
 | Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1840 - 420 pages
...ask him an explanation. It appeared to me some superstitious habit, which he had contracted early, and from which he had never called upon his reason...number of steps from a certain point, or, at least, so that as either his right or left foot (I am not certain which) should constantly make the first movement... | |
 | Thomas C. Upham - 1841 - 496 pages
...ventured to ask an explanation. It appeared to me some superstitious habit, which he had contracted early, and from which he had never called upon his reason...out or in at a door or passage, by a certain number * Conolly on Insanity, Lond. ed., p. 98, 318. Mn2 of steps from a certain point, or at least so that... | |
 | Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1841 - 512 pages
...ventured to ask an explanation. It appeared to me some superstitious habit, which he had contracted early, and from which he had never called upon his reason...out or in at a door or passage, by a certain number * Conolly on Insanity, Lond. ed., p. 98, 218. of steps from a certain point, or at least so that as... | |
 | John Cheyne - 1843 - 288 pages
...contracted early, and from which he had never been called upon by his reason to disentangle himself. This was his anxious care, to go out or in at a passage by a certain number of steps, at a certain point ; or at least so as either his right foot,... | |
 | Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1855 - 416 pages
...ask him an explanation. It appeared to me some superstitious habit, which he had contracted early, and from which he had never called upon his reason...number of steps from a certain point, or, at least, so that as either his right or left foot (I am not certain which) should constantly make the first movement... | |
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