...experiment. 1 endeavoured to recall the ideas, they were feeble and indistinct ; one collection of terms, however, presented itself: and with the most intense...prophetic manner, I exclaimed to Dr. Kinglake, " Nothing existí hut thoughts! — the universt is cvmjxitcj cj impressions i iJtas, plraturet, and puins !"...

...experiment. I endeavoured to recall the ideas, they were feeble and indistinct ; one collection of terms, however, presented itself: and with the most intense...composed of impressions, ideas, pleasures and pains !" r. 487. The feelings of different persons on breathing this air ate afterwards noticed; and, in...

...experiment. I endeavoured to recall the ideas — they were feeble and indistinct. One recollection of terms, however, presented itself, and with the most intense...composed of impressions, ideas, pleasures, and pains.' ", The inferences which present themselves so readily in connexion with the facts now mentioned, will...

...Still less would we gainsay the determination of the Doctor's favourite authority, Sir Humphry Davy. "With the most intense belief and prophetic manner,"..."nothing exists but thoughts, the universe is composed of ideas, impressions, pleasures, and pains." model of the Scotch Novels, by way of ornament. The §host...

...confer feelings of pleasure or pain, sir Humphry Davy exclaimed, after inhaling the nitrous oxide, " Nothing exists but thoughts ; the universe is composed of impressions, ideas, pleasures, and pains." (P. 18.) Blumenbach, or his editor Elliotson, says, that the more profound and accurate our philosophical...

...of sensation, and the vividness of ideas. " My emotions were enthusiastic and sublime, I exclaimed, nothing exists but thoughts ; the universe is composed of impressions, ideas, pleasures and pains" It is not possible to conceive of a more striking and complete illustration, of the influence of a...

...I endeavoured to recall the ideas, — they were feeble and indistinct. One recollection of terms, however, presented itself, and with the most intense...composed of impressions, ideas, pleasures, and pains.' " Such is the interesting detail of a very important physiological experiment made by one of the most...

...experiment. I endeavoured to recall the ideas,— they were feeble and indistinct. One recollection of terms, however, presented itself, and with the most intense...universe is composed of impressions, ideas, pleasures, fsnd pains.' " Such is the interesting detail of a very important physiological experiment made by...

...feeble and indis197 An Inquiry into the Cause of Spectral Illusion. tinct. One recollection of terms, however, presented itself, and with the most intense belief and prophetic manner, I exclaimed, Nothing exists bat thoughts ; the universe is composed of impressions, ideas, pleasures, and pains."...

...under such circumstances as to deceive the senses. Thus, in regard to die first, it may be remarked that, in consequence of an extraordinary impression upon the brain, through the medium of the circulation of the blood, sensations are greatly increased in intensity, and ideas in vividness, and...