 | Robert Dodsley - Education - 1758 - 586 pages
...fimple Perceptions, that have already' been formed into diftinS Combinations, break it at once into its original Principles, the Number would be fo great,...together in Crowds, without Order, or any regular rofition, we find it impoflible to arrive at an cxacl Knowledge of their Number. But if they are formed... | |
 | Preceptor - 1758 - 590 pages
...fimple Perceptions, that have already been formed into diftinft Combinations, break it at once into its original Principles, the Number would be fo great,...perfectly to confound the Imagination, and overcome the uimoft Reach and Capacity of the Mind. When we fee a prodigious Multitude of Men, jumbled together... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 422 pages
...the number would be fo great as perfeftly to confound the imagination, and overcome the utmoft rench and capacity of the mind. When we fee a prodigious...regular pofition, we find it impoffible to arrive at an ехай knowledge oî*their leave out what is peculiar to the feveral fpeeies compared, and retain... | |
 | William Duncan - Logic - 1802 - 244 pages
...perfectly to confound die imagination, and ^overcome the utmost reach and capacity of the mind. When we see a prodigious multitude of men, jumbled together in crowds, without order, or any regular position, we find it impossible to arrive at au exact knowledge of their number. But if they are formed... | |
 | William Duncan - Logic - 1802 - 258 pages
...to confound t'.ie imagination, and overcome the utmost reach and capacity of the mhid. "When we see a prodigious multitude of men, jumbled, together in crowds, without order, or any regular position, we find it impossible to arrive at an exact knowledge of their number. But if they are formed... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 816 pages
...Cmple perceptions that have already been formed into diftipft combinations, break it at once into its original principles, the number would be fo great...without order or any regular pofition, we find it impoflible to arrive at an exait knowledge of their number. But if they are formed into feparate battalions,... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 746 pages
...fimple perceptions that, have already been formed into diftinft combinations, break it at once into its original principles, the number -would be fo great...perfectly to confound the imagination, and overcome the ui mole reach arid capacity of -the mind. When we fee a prodigious multitude of men jumbled together... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 856 pages
...perfectly to confound the imagination, and overcome the utmost reach and capacity of the mind. When we see a prodigious multitude of men jumbled together in crowds, without order or any regular position, we find it impossible to arrive at an exact knowledge of their number. But if they are formed... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 412 pages
...perfectly to confound the imagination, and overcome the utmost reach and capacity of the mind. When we see a prodigious multitude of men jumbled together in crowds, without order or any regular position, we find it impossible to arrive at an exact knowledge of their number. But if they are formed... | |
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Reach and Capacity of the Mind. When we fee a prodigious Multitude of Men, jumbled together in Crowds, without Order, or any regular Pofition, we find it impoffible to arrive at an exa& Knowledge of their Number. 