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Page 63
... Hence the idea of an inhuman or difhonourable action perpetually calls up before us the idea of the wretch that was guilty of it . And hence thofe unconquerable antipathies are formed , which fome people have to the fight of peculiar ...
... Hence the idea of an inhuman or difhonourable action perpetually calls up before us the idea of the wretch that was guilty of it . And hence thofe unconquerable antipathies are formed , which fome people have to the fight of peculiar ...
Page 65
... Hence the neceffity of a good education . These affociate ideas are gradually formed into habits of acting together by frequent repetition , while they are yet feparately obedient to the will ; as is evident from the difficulty we ...
... Hence the neceffity of a good education . These affociate ideas are gradually formed into habits of acting together by frequent repetition , while they are yet feparately obedient to the will ; as is evident from the difficulty we ...
Page 74
... Hence then we gain a criterion to diftinguish voluntary acts or thoughts from thofe caufed by fenfation . As the former are always employed about the means to acquire pleasurable objects , or the means to avoid painful ones ; while the ...
... Hence then we gain a criterion to diftinguish voluntary acts or thoughts from thofe caufed by fenfation . As the former are always employed about the means to acquire pleasurable objects , or the means to avoid painful ones ; while the ...
Page 79
... Hence old age . Opium and aloes in fmall dofes . 2. A ftimulus not repeated too frequently does not lofe effect . Perpetual movement of she vital organs . 3. A ftimulus repeated at uniform times . produces greater effect . Irritation ...
... Hence old age . Opium and aloes in fmall dofes . 2. A ftimulus not repeated too frequently does not lofe effect . Perpetual movement of she vital organs . 3. A ftimulus repeated at uniform times . produces greater effect . Irritation ...
Page 86
... Hence in repeated motions , as of the fingers in performing on the harpfichord , it would at first fight appear , that fwiftnefs and ftrength were incompatible ; nevertheless the fingle contraction of a mufcle is performed with greater ...
... Hence in repeated motions , as of the fingers in performing on the harpfichord , it would at first fight appear , that fwiftnefs and ftrength were incompatible ; nevertheless the fingle contraction of a mufcle is performed with greater ...
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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