 When a body is once in motion, it moveth, unless something else hinder it, eternally; and whatsoever hindreth it, cannot in an instant, but in time, and by degrees, quite extinguish it; and as we see in the water, though the wind cease, the waves give...  Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind - Page 379by Dugald Stewart - 1827Full view - About this book
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 482 pages
...hindereth it cannot in an instant, but in lime, and by degrees, quite extinguish it ; and as we sea in the water, though the wind cease, the waves give...that motion which is made in the internal part of man, when he sees, dreams, &c. For, after the object is removed or the eye shut, we still retain an... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 474 pages
...hindereth it) eternally ; and whatsoever hindereth it cannot in an instant, but in time, and by degrees, quite extinguish it ; and as we see in the water,...not over rolling for a long time after, so also it nappencth in that million which is made in the internal part of man, when he sees, dreams, &c. For,... | |
 | James Mill - Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1835 - 448 pages
...hinder it) eternally ; and whatsoever hindereth it cannot, in an instant, but in time, and by degrees, quite extinguish it. And, as we see in the water,...happeneth in that motion which is made in the internal parts of a man, then when he sees, hears, &c. — for after the object is removed, or the eye shut,... | |
 | James Mill - 1835 - 466 pages
...hinder it) eternally ; and whatsoever hindereth it cannot, in an instant, but in time, and by degrees, quite extinguish it. And, as we see in the water,...happeneth in that motion which is made in the internal parts of a man, then when he sees, hears, &c. — for after the object is removed, or the eye shut,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - Authors, English - 1836 - 538 pages
...hinder it) eternally : and whatsoever hindereth it, cannot in an instant, but in time and by degrees quite extinguish it. And as we see in the water, though...happeneth in that motion which is made in the internal parts of a man then, when he sees, hears, &c. For after the object is removed or the eye shut, we still... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1836 - 526 pages
...hinder it) eternally : and whatsoever hindereth it, cannot in an instant, but in time and by degrees quite extinguish it. And as we see in the water, though...happeneth in that motion which is made in the internal parts of a man then, when he sees, hears, &c. For after the object is removed or the eye shut, we still... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1836 - 530 pages
...hinder it) eternally : and whatsoever hindereth it, cannot in an instant, but in time and by degrees quite extinguish it. And as we see in the water, though...happeneth in that motion which is made in the internal parts of a man then, when he sees, hears, &c. For after the object is removed or the eye shut, we still... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1836 - 372 pages
...hinder it) eternally ; and whatsoever hindereth it, cannot in an instant, but in time and by degrees quite extinguish it. And as we see in the water, though the wind cease, the waters give not over rolling for a long time after ; so also it happeneth in that motion which is made... | |
 | Thomas Hobbes - Philosophy, English - 1839 - 766 pages
...hinder it, eternally ; and whatsoever hindreth it, cannot in an instant, but in time, and by degrees, quite extinguish it; and as we see in the water, though...happeneth in that motion, which is made in the internal parts of a man, then, when he sees, dreams, &c. For after the object is removed, or the eye shut, we... | |
 | Thomas Hobbes - Philosophy, English - 1839 - 766 pages
...hinder it, eternally ; and whatsoever hindreth it, cannot in an instant, but in time, and by degrees, quite extinguish it; and as we see in the water, though...happeneth in that motion, which is made in the internal parts of a man, then, when he sees, dreams, ^ &c. For after the object is removed, or the eye shut,... | |
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