 | James Harris - 1786 - 504 pages
...ftricleft manner tt> the paji. What feptive Power; IMAGINATION, its re- Ch.IV. tentive. Had it Senfe without Imagination, it would not be as Wax, but as Water, where tho' all Impreffions may be inftantly made, yet as foon as made they are as inftantly loft. THUS then, from... | |
 | James Harris - 1786 - 504 pages
...ftri&eft manner to the pa/?. What i cepfive Power; IMAGINATION, its re- Ch.IV. tentfae. Had it Senfe without Imagination, it would not be as Wax, but as Water, where tho' all Impreffions may be inftantly made, yet as foon as made they are as inftantly loft. THUS then, from... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1793 - 518 pages
...fenfe and imagination. Senfe is its receptive** power ; imagination its retentive. Had it fenfe ** -without imagination, it would not be as wax, " but as water, where, though all imprefnons be ** inllantly made, yet as foon as they are made, they ** are inftantly loft."... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1801 - 374 pages
...fenfe and imagination. Senfe is its receptive " power, and imagination its retentive. Had it fenfe " without imagination, it would not be as wax, but as " water ; where, though all impreflions be inftantly " made, yet as foon as they are made, they are inftantly " loft."... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1802 - 328 pages
...and imagination. Senfe is. its receptive •" power, and imagination its retentive. Had it.fenfe " without imagination, it would not be as wax, but as •"water; where, though all impreffions be imtantly •" made, yet as foon, as they are made, they are loft." 3n companions... | |
 | David Irving - 1803 - 266 pages
...refpect to fenfe aud imagination.. Senfe is its receptive power; imagination its retentive. Had it fenfe without imagination, it would not be as wax, but as water, where, though all impreffions be in- . ftantly made, yet as foon as. they are made they are iuftantly loft.... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1805 - 350 pages
...to receive the impression, the same holds of the soul v.ith respect to sense and imagination. Sense is its receptive pow.er ; imagination, its retentive....imagination, it would not be as wax, but as water, where, .though all impressions are instantly made, yet as soon as they are made, they are instantly lost."... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1805 - 348 pages
...refpect to fenfe and imagination. Senfe is its receptive power ; imagination, its retentive. Had it fenfe without imagination, it would not be as wax, but as water, where, though all impreffions are inftantly made, yet as foon as they are made, they are inftantly loft."... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1805 - 280 pages
...fenfe and imagination. Senieisits ** receptive power, aiutimaguiation its retentive. ' Had " it fenfe without imagination, it would not be as wax, "'but as water ; where, though all imprefiions be in-. ** ftantly made, yet as foon as they arc made, they are: ** loft." In... | |
 | James Harris - 1806 - 494 pages
...their painful Pictures of Futurity. But MEMORY a confined in the strictest manner to the past. What pect to Sense and Imagination. SENSE . ch - IV is...Imagination, it would not be as Wax, but as Water, Avhere tho' all Impressions may be instantly made, yet as soon as made they are as instantly lost.... | |
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would not be adequate to the purpose of signature, if it had not the power to retain, as well as to receive the impression, the same holds of the soul, with respect to sense and imagination. Sense is its receptive power ; imagination, its retentive.... 
