 | United States. Patent Office - 1858 - 634 pàgines
...such an object with the name of it a few times repeated. The human mind in its first period, thea, may be said to be all "ideality," for it is exclusively so during the half of its existence, or more, which is passed in sleep — chiefly so, whenever no vivid impressions are made... | |
 | 1839 - 618 pàgines
...little attention has, I think, hitherto been given to the ' broad fact, that a child's mental existence is constituted almost ' entirely of the workings of...first period, may be said to be all ideality : for it a . ' exclusively so during the half of its time, or more, which is ' passed in sleep — chiefly so,... | |
 | Edward John Tilt - 1852 - 484 pàgines
...that " too little attention has hitherto been given to the broad fact that a child's mental existence is constituted almost entirely of the workings of...time or more, which is passed in sleep; chiefly so when no vivid impressions are made upon the senses, and so, to a great extent, when left to find its... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - 1859 - 634 pàgines
...such an object with the name of it a few times repeated. The human mind in its first period, then, may be said to be all "ideality," for it is exclusively so during tho half of its existence, or more, which is passed in sleep — chiefly so, whenever no vivid impressions... | |
 | 1839 - 578 pàgines
...little attention has, I think, hitherto been given to the ' broad fact, that a child's mental existence is constituted almost ' entirely of the workings of...made upon the senses ; and so, to a great extent, when left to ' find its own sparkling felicity among its toys and gimcracks. . . ' Let any one familiar... | |
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... idiot. Certainly an idiot does the same thing, and seems to derive the same species of pleasure from it : so does a child. The philosophy of the subject is thus expounded by a popular writer: ' Too little attention has, I think, hitherto been given... 