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Erasmus Darwin. important difcoveries ; but when with licentious activity it links together objects , otherwife dif- cordant , by fome fanciful fimilitude ; it may indeed collect ornaments for wit and poetry , but philo- fophy and truth ...
Erasmus Darwin. important difcoveries ; but when with licentious activity it links together objects , otherwife dif- cordant , by fome fanciful fimilitude ; it may indeed collect ornaments for wit and poetry , but philo- fophy and truth ...
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... objects , and our attention to that action ; that is , it expreffes both the motion of the organ of fenfe , or idea , and the pain or pleasure that fucceeds or accompanies it . 9. The pleasure or pain which neceffarily ac- companies all ...
... objects , and our attention to that action ; that is , it expreffes both the motion of the organ of fenfe , or idea , and the pain or pleasure that fucceeds or accompanies it . 9. The pleasure or pain which neceffarily ac- companies all ...
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... Objects long viewed become fainter . 3. Spectra of black objects become luminous . 4. Varying Spectra from gyration . 5. From long infpection of various colours . IV . Motions of the organs of fenfe con- ftitute ideas . 1. Light from ...
... Objects long viewed become fainter . 3. Spectra of black objects become luminous . 4. Varying Spectra from gyration . 5. From long infpection of various colours . IV . Motions of the organs of fenfe con- ftitute ideas . 1. Light from ...
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... objects are prefented to our view , the ideas of trumpets , horns , lords and ladies , trains and canopies , are configurations , C VOL . I. that that is , parts or links of the fucceffive motions. SECT . III . 1. 1. THE RETINA . 17.
... objects are prefented to our view , the ideas of trumpets , horns , lords and ladies , trains and canopies , are configurations , C VOL . I. that that is , parts or links of the fucceffive motions. SECT . III . 1. 1. THE RETINA . 17.
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... objects confifts of a partial repetition of the perceptions , which were excited by thofe external objects , at the time we became acquainted with them ; and that our reflex ideas of the operations of our minds are partial repetitions ...
... objects confifts of a partial repetition of the perceptions , which were excited by thofe external objects , at the time we became acquainted with them ; and that our reflex ideas of the operations of our minds are partial repetitions ...
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abforbent action affociation alfo animal motions appears arteries attended averfion becauſe become birds blood body cafes catenations caufe ceafes chyle circumftance clofed cold colour confequence confifts conftitute defcribed defire difagreeable difeafes diftinguish excited exertion exift external eyes faid fame fecond fecreted feem feen fenfation fenfe of touch fenfibility fenforial power fenforium fenfual motions fevers fhould fibres filk fimilar firft fituation fkin fleep fluid fmall fmell folidity fome fometimes foon fpirit of animation frequently ftate ftill ftimulus ftomach fubject fucceeded fucceeds fuch fuppofed fyftem glands heat hence increaſed inftances inteftines irritative ideas irritative motions lacteals lefs librate lymphatics moft mouth mufcles mufcular motions muft muſcles neceffary neft nerves obferved objects occafioned opium organs of fenfe paffing paffion perception perfon pleaſure or pain poffefs prefent produced reafon refemble refpect retina retrograde motions reverie Sect thefe themfelves theſe thofe thoſe tion torpor ufual veffels vertigo vifion volition voluntary whilft