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... imagination or recollection in many inftances produce fimilar effects on the conftitution , as our perceptions had formerly produced , and are therefore undoubtedly a repetition of the fame motions . A ftory which the celebrated Baron ...
... imagination or recollection in many inftances produce fimilar effects on the conftitution , as our perceptions had formerly produced , and are therefore undoubtedly a repetition of the fame motions . A ftory which the celebrated Baron ...
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... imagination or recollection ; as the exercife of our limbs in danc- ing or fencing increases the ftrength and agility of the muscles thus employed . 5. If the muscles of any limb are inflamed , they do not move without pain ; fo when ...
... imagination or recollection ; as the exercife of our limbs in danc- ing or fencing increases the ftrength and agility of the muscles thus employed . 5. If the muscles of any limb are inflamed , they do not move without pain ; fo when ...
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... imaginations are alfo motions of the fame organs . 6. The organs of fenfe , like the moving muf- cles , are liable to become benumbed , or lefs fen fible , from compreffion . Thus , if any perfon on a light day looks on a white wall ...
... imaginations are alfo motions of the fame organs . 6. The organs of fenfe , like the moving muf- cles , are liable to become benumbed , or lefs fen fible , from compreffion . Thus , if any perfon on a light day looks on a white wall ...
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... imagination be not a repetition of animal movements , I afk , in my turn , What is it ? You tell me it confifts of ima- ges or pictures of things . Where is this exten- five canvas hung up ? or where are the numerous receptacles in ...
... imagination be not a repetition of animal movements , I afk , in my turn , What is it ? You tell me it confifts of ima- ges or pictures of things . Where is this exten- five canvas hung up ? or where are the numerous receptacles in ...
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... imagination , as in dreams or de- lirium , are excited by the pleasure or pain , with which they were formerly accompanied . 3. But as the efforts of the will frequently ac- companied thefe painful or pleafurable fenfations , by habit ...
... imagination , as in dreams or de- lirium , are excited by the pleasure or pain , with which they were formerly accompanied . 3. But as the efforts of the will frequently ac- companied thefe painful or pleafurable fenfations , by habit ...
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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