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" ... this difference, that in some it retains the characters drawn on it like marble ; in others like freestone ; and in others, little better than sand, I shall not here inquire : though it may seem probable, that the constitution of the body does sometimes... "
Lectures on the Science of Language: Delivered at the Royal Institution of ... - Page 535
by Friedrich Max Müller - 1873
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Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of ..., Volume 3

Nathan Drake - English essays - 1805 - 376 pages
...marble, in others like free-stone, and in others little better than sand ; I shall not here enquire : though it may seem probable, that the constitution...which seemed to be as lasting as if graved in marble *." We have thus reviewed a period of forty-two years, from the Restoration to the accession of Queen...
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Essays Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of the ..., Volume 2

Nathan Drake - English essays - 1805 - 370 pages
...marble, in others like free-stone, and in others little better than sand ; I shall not here enquire : though it may seem probable, that the constitution...which seemed to be as lasting as if graved in marble *." We have thus reviewed a period of forty-two years, from the Restoration to the accession of Queen...
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Volume 1

John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1805 - 554 pages
...quite strip the mind of all its ideas, and the flames of a fever in a few days cal$ cine eine all tho& images to dust and confusion, which seemed to be as las-ting as if graved in marble. §. 6. But concerning the ideas themselves Constantly it is easy to remark, that those that are rcpeatedideas...
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An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope ...

Joseph Warton - 1806 - 416 pages
...probable, that the constitution of the body does sometimes influence the memory ; since we sometimes find a disease quite strip the mind of all its ideas...seemed to be as lasting as if graved in marble."* With Essay concerning Human Understanding, ch. x. sect. 5. With respect to the truth of this observation...
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An Analytical Abridgment of Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding

John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1808 - 346 pages
...probable, that the constitution of the body does sometimes influence the memory ; since we sometimes find a disease quite strip the mind of all its Ideas...which seemed to be as lasting as if graved in marble." It seems probable that the constitution of the body does sometimes influence the memory ; since we...
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Lectures on Rhetoric and Oratory: Delivered to the Classes of ..., Volume 2

John Quincy Adams - Oratory - 1810 - 414 pages
...the memory ; since we oftentimes find a disease quite strip the mind of all its ideas, and the Barnes of a fever in a few days calcine all those images...seemed to be as lasting, as if graved in marble." It has been remarked of a very distinguished literary character of France, D'Alembert, that there was...
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The New Pocket Cyclopædia: Or, Elements of Useful Knowledge, Methodically ...

John Millard - Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc - 1813 - 704 pages
...and the make of our animal spirits are concerned in this, and whether the temper of the brain makes this difference; that, in some, it retains the characters...which seemed to be as lasting as if graved in marble." 4. A good memory has these qualifications : (1.) It is ready to receive and admit, with perfect ease,...
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The New Pocket Cyclopaedia: Or, Elements Or Useful Knowledge, Methodically ...

Encyclopaedias, John Millard - Children's encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1813 - 712 pages
...concerned in this, and whether the temper of- the brain makes this difference, that, in some, it retain* the characters drawn on it like marble, in others...which seemed to be as lasting as if graved in marble." 4. A good memory has these qualifications : (1.) It is ready to receive and admit, with perfect ease,...
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The New Art of Memory: Founded Upon the Principles Taught by M. Gregor Von ...

Gregor von Feinaigle - Memory - 1813 - 516 pages
...it may seem probable, that the constitution of the body does sometimes influence the memory ; lince we oftentimes find a disease quite strip the mind...which seemed to be as lasting as if graved in marble." Works, vol. ip 76. «,1. 4to. 1777. more than probable that, in this respect, if the anecdote be true,...
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Volume 1

John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1813 - 518 pages
...we oftentimes find a disease quite strip the mind of all its ideas, and the flames of a fever in a1 few days calcine all those images to dust and confusion,...which seemed to be as lasting as if graved in marble. § 6. Constantly repeated ideas can scarce be lost. BUT concerning the ideas themselves it is easy...
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