Common Mind - TroublesInterstate Publishing Company, 1878 - 102 pages |
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... passing glance at an object , and wonder they do not remember it . The facul- ties differ in their power of retention . In some minds Reason is the most highly gifted with the power of taking in , or perhaps finding , subjects . When ...
... passing glance at an object , and wonder they do not remember it . The facul- ties differ in their power of retention . In some minds Reason is the most highly gifted with the power of taking in , or perhaps finding , subjects . When ...
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... passes for a wit ; but the humour is maudlin , and the current is feeble ; he breaks down suddenly in his play of ... passing of scenery as one is whirled along a line of railway at high speed , like the ceaseless rush of water , like ...
... passes for a wit ; but the humour is maudlin , and the current is feeble ; he breaks down suddenly in his play of ... passing of scenery as one is whirled along a line of railway at high speed , like the ceaseless rush of water , like ...
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... effort which succeeds in restoring order , or keeping the rushing thoughts disentangled if not orderly , does more than passing good ; it reconquers some portion of the province of mind from the 30 Common Mind Troubles .
... effort which succeeds in restoring order , or keeping the rushing thoughts disentangled if not orderly , does more than passing good ; it reconquers some portion of the province of mind from the 30 Common Mind Troubles .
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... passing into a state of turmoil so distressing and injurious as that which too commonly occurs in sleeplessness from thought . The loss of power to cast off the burden of the day , and find rest in unconsciousness or forgetful- ness 38 ...
... passing into a state of turmoil so distressing and injurious as that which too commonly occurs in sleeplessness from thought . The loss of power to cast off the burden of the day , and find rest in unconsciousness or forgetful- ness 38 ...
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... passing through the mind when the brain is falling into a state of sleep , ought to be of the nature to change easily into a dream ; those stirred in the consciousness of a person slowly awakening , Sleeplessness from Thought . 4I.
... passing through the mind when the brain is falling into a state of sleep , ought to be of the nature to change easily into a dream ; those stirred in the consciousness of a person slowly awakening , Sleeplessness from Thought . 4I.
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