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" One particular only (though it may appear trifling) I will relate. Having often forgot which was the cat, and which the dog, he was ashamed to ask ; but catching the cat (which he knew by feeling) he was observed to look at her steadfastly, and then setting... "
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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Prize Essay and Lectures, Delivered Before the American Institute ..., Volume 2

American Institute of Instruction - 1832 - 330 pages
...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 (which he knew by feeling), he was observed to look at her steadfastly,...
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Annual Meeting: Proceedings, Constitution, List of Active Members, and Addresses

American Institute of Instruction - 1832 - 330 pages
...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 to ask ; but catching the cat (which he knew by Teeling), he was observed to look at her steadfastly,...
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The Introductory Discourse and Lectures ...

American Institute of Instruction - 1832 - 328 pages
...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 (which he knew by feeling), he was observed to look at her steadfastly,...
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The Cabinet of Curiosities; Or, Wonders of the World Displayed: Forming a ...

1833 - 448 pages
...forgot a thousand things in a day. One particular only, though it may appear trifling, Mr. C. relates : having often forgot which was the cat, and which the dog, he was ashamed to ask ; but catching the cat, which he knew by feeling, he was observed to look at her steadfastly,...
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Über die Bildung der Gesichtsvorstellungen aus den Gesichtsempfindungen

G. Heermann - 1835 - 274 pages
...lernte. — ^•Г. ..- 12* One particular only, though it may appear trifling , i will relate : haying often forgot which •was the cat and which the dog, he was ashamed to ask; bat catching the cat, which he knew by feeling, he was observed to look at her stedfastly...
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Synopsis of Practical Perspective, Lineal and Aerial

Theodore Henry Fielding - 1836 - 208 pages
...forgot many of them, and (as he said) at first he learned to know, and again forgot a thousand things, one particular only, though it may appear trifling,...forgot which was the cat, and which the dog, he was ashamed to ask ; but catching the cat, which he knew by feeling, he was observed to look at her stedfastly,...
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A Compendium of Natural Philosophy: Being a Survey of the Wisdom ..., Volume 1

John Wesley - 1836 - 414 pages
...this form, the humours are fitly placed tr would carefully observe that he might know them again. Thus having often forgot, which was the cat, and which the dog, he was ashamed to ask : but catching the cat, which he knew by feeling, he looked at her stedfastly, and said,...
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An appendix to the fourth edition of the Anatomy of the human body. To which ...

William Cheselden - 1839 - 32 pages
...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 (though it may...forgot which was the cat, and which the dog, he was ashamed to ask ; but catching the cat (which he knew by feeling) he was observed to look at her steadfastly,...
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A Review of Berkeley's Theory of Vision: Designed to Show the Unsoundness of ...

Samuel Bailey - 1842 - 252 pages
...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, though it may...forgot which was the cat, and which the dog, he was ashamed to ask; but catching the cat (which he knew by feeling), he was observed to look at her steadfastly,...
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Critical Essays on a Few Subjects: Connected with the History and Present ...

Francis Bowen - 1842 - 388 pages
...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, which he knew by feeling, he was observed to look at her steadfastly,...
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