Philosophical Miscellanies on Various Subjects: To which is Prefixed, an Account of the Author, and His Works, by HimselfJ. Hinton, 1759 - 286 páginas |
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... Action and Reft continues till we fall into a final Sleep , yet not with- out the Hopes of awakning to a Vigi- lancy which fhall know neither End nor Interruption . That Part of Life which paffes in an ap- parent State of Death , is , I ...
... Action and Reft continues till we fall into a final Sleep , yet not with- out the Hopes of awakning to a Vigi- lancy which fhall know neither End nor Interruption . That Part of Life which paffes in an ap- parent State of Death , is , I ...
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... Action of the Soul on the Motions of the Body . The Absence of thefe two Things produces Sleep ; the Soul , in this Interval , receiving no Information from without ; and the Exercife of its Au- thority over the Machine is fuperfeded ...
... Action of the Soul on the Motions of the Body . The Absence of thefe two Things produces Sleep ; the Soul , in this Interval , receiving no Information from without ; and the Exercife of its Au- thority over the Machine is fuperfeded ...
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... Actions : Hence Attention flags ; it no longer fixes itself on any of the Objects prefent : Hence Confufion in the Memory , the Repose of the Paffions , and the Irregu- larity of Reasonings . The wifeft Man paf- fes through a Kind of ...
... Actions : Hence Attention flags ; it no longer fixes itself on any of the Objects prefent : Hence Confufion in the Memory , the Repose of the Paffions , and the Irregu- larity of Reasonings . The wifeft Man paf- fes through a Kind of ...
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... Action of various Mufcles It is incredible what a Num- ber of them concur for the Perform- ance of the very eafieft Actions ; Custom determines their Play , and renders it fo ready and concordant as to feem but one fimple Action . A ...
... Action of various Mufcles It is incredible what a Num- ber of them concur for the Perform- ance of the very eafieft Actions ; Custom determines their Play , and renders it fo ready and concordant as to feem but one fimple Action . A ...
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... Action . If , when a Per- fon is writing , Sleep comes upon him , his ftretched Fingers imperceptibly relax ; the Muscles of the Wrift , from being hard and tenfe , become flaccid ; the Pen totters till it drops from betwixt his ...
... Action . If , when a Per- fon is writing , Sleep comes upon him , his ftretched Fingers imperceptibly relax ; the Muscles of the Wrift , from being hard and tenfe , become flaccid ; the Pen totters till it drops from betwixt his ...
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abfolute Action againſt Animals arife awake becauſe betwixt Blood Body Brain Cafe Caufe Cauſe Cerebellum Chyle cifely Circumftances cloſe Confequence Confideration Converfation Courſe Creatures Defire determined difpofed Difpofition diftinct Dreams Effence effential Efteem faid fame fecond feem feen felves fenfible feven feveral fhall fhew fhould fion firft firſt fleep fome fometimes foon ftill ftrong fuch fufficient fuitable fuppofed fupreme greateſt Happineſs himſelf Ideas Imagination impoffible Impreffion Increaſe Inftance Intereft itſelf juft Kind leaft leaſt lefs Liberty likewife Marriage Meaſure ment Mind moft Money moſt Motion muft muſt myſelf Nature neceffary Neceffity nefs Nouriſhment Number obferved Occafion Order ourſelves Paffions pafs Perfection Perfon Philofophers pleaſe Pleaſure poffible prefent Principles Queſtion raiſed Reaſon refpectable ſcarce ſeen Senfation Senfes ſhall Sleep Soul Species Spirits thefe themſelves theſe Things thofe thoſe thouſand tion Ufury Univerſe Uſe Veffels whilft whofe whole Wiſdom yourſelf
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