 ... by a certain number of steps from a certain point, or at least so as that either his right or his left foot (I am not certain which) should constantly make the first actual movement when he came close to the door or passage. Thus I conjecture : for...  Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind - Page 128by Dugald Stewart - 1821Full view - About this book
 | Dugald Stewart - 1822 - 572 pages
...Thus I conjeo " ture : for I have, upon innumerable occasions, observed him suddenly '' stop, and lh"n seem to count his steps with a deep earnestness ;...had neglected or gone wrong in this sort of magical move" ment, I have seen him go bark again, put himself in a proper posture " to begin the ceremony,... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 418 pages
...make the first actual movement when he came close to the door or passage. Thus I conjecture : for I have, upon innumerable occasions, observed him suddenly...wrong in this sort of magical movement, I have seen shim go back again, put himself in a proper posture to begin the ceremony, and, having gone through... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 416 pages
...make the first actual movement when he came close to the door or passage. Thus I conjecture : for I have, upon innumerable occasions, observed him suddenly...wrong in this sort of magical movement, I have seen i him go back again, put himself in a proper posture to begin the ceremony, and, having gone through... | |
 | James Boswell - 1833 - 1182 pages
...make the first actual movement when he came close to the door or passage. Thus I conjecture: for I have, upon innumerable occasions, observed him suddenly...gone wrong in this sort of magical movement, I have seon him go hack again, put himself in a proper posture to begin the ceremony, and, having gone through... | |
 | 1833 - 626 pages
...Thus, upon innumerable occasions I have seen him suddenly stop, and then seem to count his steps with deep earnestness, and when he had neglected, or gone...movement, I have seen him go back again, put himself in proper posture to begin the ceremony, and having gone through it, break from his abstraction, walk... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 604 pages
...make the first actual movement when he came close to the door or passage. Thus I conjecture : for I have, upon innumerable occasions, observed him suddenly...from his abstraction, walk briskly on, and join his companion4. A strange instance of some' [See post, 12th Oct. 1773.— ED.] 3 It used to be imagined... | |
 | Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1837 - 510 pages
...constantly make the first movement when he came close to the door or passage. Thus I conjecture : for I have, upon innumerable occasions, observed him suddenly...movement, I have seen him go back again, put himself into a proper posture to begin the ceremony, and having gone through it, break from his abstraction,... | |
 | Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1840 - 420 pages
...constantly make the first movement when he came close to the door or passage. Thus I conjecture : for I have, upon innumerable occasions, observed him suddenly...his steps with a deep earnestness ; and, when he had neglectfed or gone wrong in this sort of magical movement* I have seen him go back again, put himself... | |
 | Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1841 - 512 pages
...constantly make the first movement when he came close to the door or passage. Thus I conjecture : for I have, upon innumerable occasions, observed him suddenly...movement, I have seen him go back again, put himself into a proper posture to begin the ceremony, and, having gone through it, break from his abstraction,... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1843 - 632 pages
...which he had contracted early, and from which he had never called upon his reason to disentangle him. This was his anxious care to go out or in at a door...himself in a proper posture to begin the ceremony, and havinggone through it, break from his abstraction, walk briskly on, and join his companion." — (Boswell's... | |
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