 ... 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
 | John Cheyne - 1843 - 288 pages
...make the first actual movement when he came close to the door or passage. This I conjecture, for I have, upon innumerable occasions, observed him suddenly...from his abstraction, walk briskly on, and join his companions. A strange mixture of something of this nature, even when on horseback, happened when he... | |
 | Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1845 - 488 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 - 1855 - 416 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,... | |
 | 1846 - 1050 pages
...make the first actual movement when he came close to the door or the passage. This I conjecture, for I have, upon innumerable occasions, observed him suddenly...from his abstraction, walk briskly on, and join his companions." The next essay, on " a Disordered State of the Affections," may add another chapter to... | |
 | 1846 - 524 pages
...the first actual movement when he came close to the floor or the passage. This I conjecture, for I have, upon innumerable occasions, observed him suddenly...sort of magical movement, I have seen him go back aoain, put himself in a proper posture to begin the ceremony, and having gone through it, break from... | |
 | 1846 - 530 pages
...make the first actual movement when he came close to the door or the passage. This I conjecture, for I have, upon innumerable occasions, observed him suddenly...this sort of magical movement, I have seen him go hack again, put himself in a proper posture to begin the ceremony, and having gone through it, break... | |
 | James Boswell - 1846 - 602 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...this sort of magical movement, I have seen him go hack again, put himself in a propel posture to begin the ceremony, and, having gone through it, break... | |
 | J. D. Bell - 1850 - 486 pages
...make the first movement, when he came close to the door or passage." He would retrace his steps, if "he had neglected or gone wrong in this sort of magical movement." The mother of ]N"ero was a murderess ; did she not impress many of her evil traits on the mind of her... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1854 - 454 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 companion."2 The remark may appear somewhat out of place, but, after the last quotation, I may be permitted... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1854 - 450 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 companion."2 The remark may appear somewhat out of place, but, after the last quotation, I may be permitted... | |
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