| Samuel Johnson - 1924 - 562 страници
...that the truth should be established, or the fallacy detected. The Second Sight is an impression made either by the mind upon the eye, or by the eye upon the mind, by which things distant or future are perceived, and seen as if they were present. A man on a journey far from home falls from... | |
| 1891 - 760 страници
...SIGHT.— "The Second Sight is an impression," says Dr Johnson, in his Journey to the Hebrides, " made either by the mind upon the eye or by the eye upon the mind, by which things distant or future are perceived and seen 'as if they were present." Here is an example which I came across... | |
| Helen Louise Cohen - 1927 - 402 страници
...that the truth should be established, or the fallacy detected. The Second Sight is an impression made either by the mind upon the eye, or by the eye upon the mind, by which things distant or future are perceived, and seen as if they were present. . . . Mr. Boswell's frankness and gaiety... | |
| Kirsten T. Saxton, Rebecca P. Bocchicchio - 2000 - 386 страници
...Samuel Johnson later defines in The Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland as "an impression made either by the mind upon the eye, or by the eye upon the mind, by which things instant or future are perceived, and seen as if they were present. . . .Things distant are seen at... | |
| Felicity Nussbaum - 2003 - 356 страници
...Samuel Johnson later defines in The Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland as "an impression made either by the mind upon the eye, or by the eye upon the mind, by which things instant or future are perceived, and seen as if they were present . . . Things distant are seen at... | |
| 1881 - 674 страници
...his account of a journey to the Hebrides, thus describes it. " The secondsight is an impression made either by the mind upon the eye, or by the eye upon the mind, by which things distant or future are perceived and seen as if they were present. A man on a journey, far from home, falls... | |
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