I had made during the experiment. I endeavoured to recall the ideas ; they -were feeble and indistinct; one collection of terms, however, presented itself ; and with the most intense belief and prophetic manner, I exclaimed to Dr. Kinglake, ' Nothing... Elements of physiology - Page 99by Thomas Johnstone Aitkin - 1838 - 514 pagesFull view - About this book
| James V. Ricci - Generative organs, Female - 1990 - 626 pages
...itself; and with the most tense belief and prophetic manner, I exclaimed to Dr. Kingslake, Nothing exists but thoughts! The Universe is composed of impressions, ideas, pleasures and pains." Dr. Kingslake was the junior assistant at the Institute. Davy did not of course limit his investigations... | |
| Andrew Cunningham, Nicholas Jardine - Literary Criticism - 1990 - 374 pages
...newly connected and newly modified ideas. I theorised, I imagined that I made discoveries . . . Nothing exists but thoughts! The universe is composed of impressions, ideas, pleasures and pains!' These researches prompted his remark that 'the laws of gravitation, as well as the chemical laws, will... | |
| David Knight - Biography & Autobiography - 1998 - 236 pages
...itself: and with the most intense belief and prophetic manner, I exclaimed to Dr. Kinglake, 'Nothing exists but thoughts! - the universe is composed of...the recollected ideas, appeared to me much longer." Kinglake was one of Beddoes' collaborators in the Institution. Davy reported that in these experiments... | |
| Rosemarie Garland-Thomson - Health & Fitness - 1996 - 426 pages
..."imagined discoveries" was "feeble and indistinct," Davy proclaimed, "in prophetic manner, Nothing exists but thoughts! â the universe is composed of impressions, ideas, pleasures and pains!" 10 The fact that Davy assigned to the experience such profound insight into the subjectivity of human... | |
| June Z. Fullmer - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 420 pages
..."Nothing exists but thoughts*. â the universe is composed of impressions, ideas, pleasures andpains\" About three minutes and a half only had elapsed during this experiment. . . . Not more than half of the nitrous oxide was consumed. After a minute, before the thrilling of... | |
| James Hamilton - Art - 2001 - 226 pages
...would be, but was respirable: it was 'laughing gas'. Davy threw his arms up and exclaimed: 'Nothing exists but thoughts! The universe is composed of impressions, ideas, pleasures and pains.' 14 Davy wrote some of the most vivid subjective accounts of anaesthesia ever recorded; Beddoes and... | |
| Tim Fulford - History - 2002 - 278 pages
...thoughts! --the universe is composed of impressions, ideas, pleasures ami pains!" About three minutes and half only, had elapsed during this experiment, though...the recollected ideas, appeared to me much longer. [* * *] On the 29th, I again breathed four quarts. The pleasant feelings produced at first, urged me... | |
| Roy Porter - Body and soul in literature - 2004 - 600 pages
...itself: and with the most intense belief and prophetic manner, I exclaimed to Dr Kinglake, 'Nothing exists but thoughts! - the universe is composed of impressions, ideas, pleasures and pains!' 416 The experiments created a great stir. On 5 June Southey told Grosvenor Bedford, an old boyhood... | |
| Mitch Earleywine - Psychology - 2005 - 416 pages
...the discoveries I had made during the experiment. I endeavoured to recall the ideas, . . . "Nothing exists but thoughts! â the universe is composed of impressions, ideas, pleasures and pains!" (p. 488-489). The experience described here may be difficult to imagine, especially for those who are... | |
| Felt Warren Evans - Religion - 2007 - 181 pages
...intense belief and prophetic manner, I exclaimed to Dr. Kinglake, ' Nothing exists but thoughts! Tâ˘e universe is composed of impressions, ideas, pleasures,...pains!' About three minutes and a half only had elapsed daring this experiment, though the time, as measured by the relative vividness of the collected ideas,... | |
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