 | John Locke - 1816 - 1048 pages
...minds, than in those of people born blind. The memory of some, it is true, is very tenacious, even to n miracle ; but yet there seems to be a constant decay...retentive ; so that if they be not sometimes renewed by repeated exercise of the senses, or reflection on those kind of objects which at first occasioned... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1821 - 356 pages
...again repeated, are soon lost ; as those of colours in such as lost their sight when very young. The memory of some men is tenacious almost to a miracle:...not sometimes renewed, the print wears out, and at last there remains nothing to be seen. Those ideas that are often refreshed by a frequent return of... | |
 | Thomas Reid - 1822 - 432 pages
...call it, are so disordered as not to perform their function, they have no postern to be admitted by. " There seems to be a constant decay of all our ideas, even of those that are struck deepest. The pictures drawn in our minds are laid in fading colours. Whether the temper... | |
 | John Locke - 1823 - 386 pages
...their minds than in those of people born blind. The memory of some, it is true, is very tenacious, even to a miracle : but yet there seems to be a constant...retentive ; so that if they be not sometimes renewed by repeated exercises of the senses, or reflection on those kinds of objects which at first occasioned... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 552 pages
...their minds, than in those of people born blind. The memory of some it is true, is very tenacious, even to a miracle : but yet there seems to be a constant...retentive ; so that if they be not sometimes renewed by repeated exercise of the senses, or reflection on those kind of objects which at first occasioned... | |
 | Precept - 1825 - 302 pages
...taken from his great work on the Human Understanding, has always been particularly admired : — " There seems to be a constant decay of all our ideas, even those which are struck the deepest, and in minds the most retentive ; so that if they be not sometimes... | |
 | Literary gems - 1826 - 718 pages
...their minds than in those of people born blind. The memory of some, it is true, is very tenacious, even to a miracle ; but yet there seems to be a constant...retentive ; so that if they be not sometimes renewed by repeated exercises of the senses, or reflection on those kind of objects which at first occasioned... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1827 - 414 pages
...the mo" ment to strike his fancy. ' The memory in some men (he " observes) is very tenacious, even to a miracle ; but yet " there seems to be a constant...those which are struck deepest, and in minds the most re" tentive ; so that, if they be not sometimes renewed by " repeated exercise of the senses, or reflection... | |
 | Thomas Reid - 1827 - 706 pages
...call it, are so disordered as not to perform their function, they have no postern to be admitted by. " There seems to be a constant decay of all our ideas, even of those that are struck deepest. The pictures drawn in our minds are laid in fading colours. Whether the temper... | |
 | John Locke - 1828 - 390 pages
...their minds than in those of people born blind. The memory of some, it is true, is very tenacious, even to a miracle : but yet there seems to be a constant...retentive ; so that if they be not sometimes renewed by repeated exercises of the senses, or reflection on those kinds of objects which at first occasioned... | |
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The memory of some men, it is true, is very tenacious, even to a miracle; but yet there seems to be a constant decay of all our ideas, even of those which are struck deepest... 
