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The New Pocket Cyclopaedia: Or, Elements Or Useful Knowledge, Methodically ... - Page 553
by Encyclopaedias, John Millard - 1813 - 645 pages
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Lectures on the Science of Language, Volume 2

Friedrich Max Müller - 1873 - 792 pages
...though the brass and marble remain, yet the inscriptions are effaced by time, and the imagery moulders away. The pictures drawn in our minds are laid in...concerned in this, and whether the temper of the brain make this difference, that in some it retains the characters drawn on it like marble, in others like...
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Lectures on the Science of Language: Delivered at the Royal ..., Volume 2

Friedrich Max Müller - 1873 - 738 pages
...by time, and the imagery moulders away. The pictures drawn in our minds are laid in fading colors ; and if not sometimes refreshed, vanish and disappear....concerned in this, and whether the temper of the brain make this difference, that in some it retains the characters drawn on it like marble, in others like...
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Lectures on the Science of Language Delivered at the Royal Institution of ...

Friedrich Max Müller - 1874 - 636 pages
...by time, and the imagery moulders away. The pictures drawn in our minds are laid in fading colors ; and if not sometimes refreshed, vanish and disappear....concerned in this, and whether the temper of the brain make this difference, that in some it retains the characters drawn on it like marble, in others like...
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Geschichte und litteratur des schachspiels, Volume 2

Antonius van der Linde - 1874 - 566 pages
...of the Endings of Games. || By || Samuel Comyn, || of the Middle Temple, Esq., Barrister at Law. || „The pictures drawn in our minds are laid in fading...if not sometimes refreshed vanish and disappear". Locke. || London: || Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. || Walmsley, Liverpool; Barwick, Lancaster. || MDCCCLI....
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The Philosophy of Natural Theology: An Essay in Confutation of the ...

William Jackson - 1874 - 432 pages
...remain, yet the Inscriptions are effaced by Time, and the Imagery moulders away. The Pictures draicn in our Minds, are laid in fading Colours, and if not sometimes refreshed, vanish and disappear." On Retention, B. II., chap. x. 5. This truly human feeling did not hinder Locke from writing (chap,...
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The philosophy of natural theology, an essay which obtained a prize at ...

William Jackson - 1874 - 436 pages
...remain, yet the Inscriptions are effaced by Time, and the Imagery moulders away. The Pictures drairn in our Minds, are laid in fading Colours, and if not sometimes refreshed, vanish and disappear." On Retention, B. II., chap. x. 5. This truly human feeling did not hinder Locke from writing (chap....
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The Philosophy of Natural Theology: An Essay in Confutation of the ...

William Jackson - 1875 - 452 pages
...though the Brass and Marble remain, yet the Inscriptions are effaced by Time, and the Imagery moulders away. The Pictures drawn in our Minds, are laid in...if not sometimes refreshed, vanish and disappear." On Retention, B. II., chap. x. 5. This truly human feeling did not hinder Locke from writing (chap,...
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Prose Quotations from Socrates to Macaulay: With Indexes...

Samuel Austin Allibone - 1876 - 768 pages
...remains nothing to be seen, LOCKE. Tictures drawn in our minds are laid in fading colours, and, unless sometimes refreshed, vanish and disappear. How much...concerned in this, and whether the temper of the brain make this difference, that in some it retains the characters drawn on it like marble, in others'like...
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A Philosophical Treatise on the Nature and Constitution of Man, Volume 2

George Harris - 1876 - 588 pages
...though the brass and marble remain, yet the inscriptions are effaced by time, and the imagery moulders away. The pictures drawn in our minds are laid in...if not sometimes refreshed, vanish and Disappear." Locke. Essay on the Understanding, b. ii. cxs 5. operation. Ideas are constantly being revolved, and...
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Worthies of Science

John Stoughton - 1879 - 358 pages
...the brass and the marble remain, yet the inscriptions are effaced ly time, and the imagery moulders away. The pictures drawn in our minds are laid in...if not sometimes refreshed, vanish and disappear." " It may seem probable that the constitution of the body does sometimes influence the memory, since...
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