 ... 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
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 950 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...count his steps with a deep earnestness ; and when he hail neglected or gone wrong in this sort of magical movement, I have seen him go back again, put himself... | |
 | Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1869 - 712 pages
...neglected or gone wrong in this sort of magical movement, I have seen him go back again, put himself into a proper posture to begin the ceremony, and, having gone through it, break * Conolly on Insanity, Lond. ed., p. 98, 218. from his abstraction, walk briskly on, and join his company."... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1871 - 564 pages
...printed in the World. ยป Ibid. ch. xxx. 269. s Ibid. ch. iii. H and 15. ' Ibid. ch. xviii. 165, n. 1. in this sort of magical movement, I have seen him go back again, put himself in the proper posture, to begin the ceremony, and having gone through it, walk briskly on and join his... | |
 | Hippolyte Adolphe Taine - 1871 - 570 pages
...printed in the World. * Ibid. ch. xxx. 269. 3 Ibid. ch. iii. 14 and 15. 4 Ibid. ch. xviii. 165, n. 4. in this sort of magical movement, I have seen him go back again, put himself in the proper posturc to begin the ceremony, and having gone through it, walk briskly on and join his... | |
 | James Boswell - 1873 - 620 pages
...make the first actual movement when he came close to the dour or passage. Thus I conjecture ; for I have, upon innumerable occasions, observed him suddenly...back again, put himself in a proper posture to begin tiie ceremony, and having gone through it, break from his abstraction, walk briskly on, and join his... | |
 | James Boswell, William Wallace - 1873 - 612 pages
...observed him suddenly stop, and then scem to count his steps with a dcep earnestness ; and when ho had neglected or gone wrong in this sort of magical movement, I have scen him go back again, put himself in a proper posture to begin the ceremony, and having gone through... | |
 | Alexander Main - 1874 - 480 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...with a deep earnestness ; and when he had neglected, nr gone wrong in this sort of magical movement, I have seen him go back again, put himself in a proper... | |
 | James Boswell - 1887 - 598 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...count his steps with a deep earnestness ; and when hearing a murmur without audible articulation, that he was praying : but this was not always the case,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1901 - 540 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...movement, I have seen him go back again, put himself in a 1 [It used to be imagined at Mr. Thrale's, when Johnson retired to a window or corner of the room,... | |
 | Olin Alfred Curtis - 1905 - 568 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...when he had neglected or gone wrong in this sort of PAGE magical movement, I have seen him go back again, put himself in a proper posture to begin the... | |
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