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" ... we oftentimes find a disease quite strip the mind of all its ideas, and the flames of a fever in a few days calcine all those images to dust and confusion, which seemed to be as lasting as if graved in marble. "
Locke's Essay on the human understanding, condensed under the ... - Page 59
by John Locke - 1831
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Essays Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of the ..., Volume 2

Nathan Drake - English essays - 1805 - 370 pages
...influence the memory ; since we oftentimes find a disease quite strip the mind of all its ideas, and the flames of a fever in a few days calcine all those...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 ..., Volume 3

Nathan Drake - English essays - 1805 - 376 pages
...influence the memory ; since we oftentimes find a disease quite strip the mind of all its ideas, and the flames of a fever in a few days calcine all those...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 - 422 pages
...influence the memory ; since we sometimes find a disease quite strip the mind of all its ideas ; and the flames of a fever, in a few days, CALCINE all...dust and confusion, which seemed to be as lasting a» if graved in marble."* '• • • . ! • With . v . : . i • • ' * • • '. * Essay concerning...
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An Analytical Abridgment of Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding

John Locke - Knowledge, Theory of - 1808 - 346 pages
...influence the memory ; since we sometimes find a disease quite strip the mind of all its Ideas ; and the flames of a fever in a few days calcine all those...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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Philosophical Essays

Dugald Stewart - Philosophy - 1811 - 590 pages
...disappear." He afterwards adds, that "we " sometimes find a disease strip the mind of all its ideas, " and the flames of a fever , in a few days, calcine all...images to dust and confusion which seemed to be as last" ing as if graved on marble." Such is the poverty of language, that it is, perhaps, impossible...
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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
...influence the memory ; lince we oftentimes find a disease quite strip the mind of all its ideas, and the flames of a fever in a few days calcine all those...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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The New Pocket Cyclopaedia: Or, Elements Or Useful Knowledge, Methodically ...

Encyclopaedias, John Millard - Children's encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1813 - 712 pages
...influence the memory ; since we oftentimes find a disease quite strip the mind of all its ideas, and the fla'mes of a fever, in a few days, calcine all...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 Cyclopędia: Or, Elements of Useful Knowledge, Methodically ...

John Millard - Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc - 1813 - 704 pages
...influence the memory ; since we oftentimes find a disease quite strip the mind of all its ideas, and the flames of a fever, in a few days, calcine all...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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