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" The second is more constant; as being ' regulated' by some desire and design. For the impression made by such things as we desire, or fear, is strong and permanent, or, if it cease for a time, of quick return: so strong it is sometimes as to hinder and... "
The Harvard Classics - Page 331
1910
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art ..., Volume 14

Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 810 pages
...treason ; and hence easily followed that malicious question ; and all this in a moment of time, for thought is quick. ' The second is more constant; as...the impression made by such things as we desire or tear is strong and permanent, or, if it cease for a time, of quick return : so strong it is sometimes,...
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Literary Remains of the Late William Hazlitt, Volume 1

William Hazlitt - 1836 - 530 pages
...this in a moment of time; for thought is quick. " The second" [that is the second sort of association] "is more constant, as being regulated by some desire,...thought of some means we have seen produce the like of what we aim at: and from the thought of 'that, the thought of means to that mean, and so continually...
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Biographical sketch

William Hazlitt - 1836 - 526 pages
...in a moment of time; for thought is quick. " The second" [that is the second sort of association] " is more constant, as being regulated by some desire,...thought of some means we have seen produce the like of what we aim at : and from the thought of that, the thought of means to that mean, and so continually...
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Literary Remains of the Late William Hazlitt, Volume 1

William Hazlitt - 1836 - 538 pages
...in a moment of time; for thought is quick. " The second" [that is the second sort of association] " is more constant, as being regulated by some desire,...thought of some means we have seen produce the like of what we aim at: and from the thought of that, the thought of means to that mean, and so continually...
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Literary Remains of the Late William Hazlitt: With a Notice of His Life by ...

William Hazlitt - 1836 - 372 pages
...in a moment of time ; for thought is quick. " The second" [that is the second sort of association] " is more constant, as being regulated by some desire,...cease for a time, of quick return ; so strong it is sometime! as to hiodcc and break our sleep. From desire ariseth the thoughTOf £ome means we have seen...
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The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science ..., Volume 14

Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 1839 - 812 pages
...treason ; and hence easily followed that malicious question ; and all this in a moment of time, for thought is quick. 'The second is more constant; as...sometimes, as to hinder and break our sleep. From desire arises the thought of some means we have seen produce the like of that which we aim at ; and, from...
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The Law Review and Quarterly Journal of British and Foreign ..., Volume 19

1854 - 492 pages
...are said to wander, and seem impertinent one to another, as in a dream. The second is more constant, being regulated by some desire and design. For the...it is sometimes, as to hinder and break our sleep. And the train of regulated thoughts is of two kinds ; one, when of an effect imagined we seek the causes...
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The Vocabulary of Philosophy, Mental, Moral, and Metaphysical: With ...

William Fleming - 1860 - 912 pages
...mental discourse. He says it is of two sorts. The first is unguided, without design, and inconstant. The second is more constant, as being regulated by some desire and design. That is, it is spoataneous or iateational. In the Train of Thought, or the succession of the various...
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The Works of Thomas Reid, D.D.: Now Fully Collected, with ..., Volume 2

Thomas Reid - 1863 - 542 pages
...malicious question, and all this in a moment of time; for thought is quick. [See Aristotle, § 8.] *' The second is more constant; as being regulated by some desire and design, Ac.**— (Lev P. i. ch. 3.) f "It is to be noted, that Aristotle does not here, as the commentators...
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A Manual of Moral Philosophy: With Quotations and References for the Use of ...

William Fleming - 1867 - 450 pages
...succession of our Thoughts. says it is of two sorts. The first is unguided, without design, and inconstant. The second is more constant, as being regulated by some desire and design — that is, it is Spontaneous or Intentional. Every kind of mental affection or movement may enter...
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