But the
object that most drew my attention to the mysterious package was a certain affair of fine red cloth, much worn and faded, There were traces about it of gold embroidery, which, however, was greatly frayed and defaced, so that none, or very little, of the glitter was left.
If there be an
object to HURRY any of you in hot haste to a step which you would never take DELIBERATELY, that
object will be frustrated by taking time; but no good
object can be frustrated by it.
It has been already intimated that excises, in their true signification, are too little in unison with the feelings of the people, to admit of great use being made of that mode of taxation; nor, indeed, in the States where almost the sole employment is agriculture, are the
objects proper for excise sufficiently numerous to permit very ample collections in that way.
But as the ultimate
object of these papers is to determine clearly and fully the merits of this Constitution, and the expediency of adopting it, our plan cannot be complete without taking a more critical and thorough survey of the work of the convention, without examining it on all its sides, comparing it in all its parts, and calculating its probable effects.
This is likewise the case with regard to perception: for the
object of perception is, it appears, prior to the act of perception.
When once he had become interested in strange
objects, and the way to use them, he began to explore various likely places for similar finds.
We have now considered that art of money-getting which is not necessary, and have seen in what manner we became in want of it; and also that which is necessary, which is different from it; for that economy which is natural, and whose
object is to provide food, is not like this unlimited in its extent, but has its bounds.
For he had to learn, first, the spoken numerals; second, to see with his eyes and in his brain differentiate between one
object, and all other groups of
objects up to and including the group of five; and, third, in his mind, to relate an
object, or any group of
objects, with its numerical name as uttered by Steward.
What were they about to discover in the field of this telescope which magnified
objects 48,000 times?
From the moment of leaving the earth, their own weight, that of the projectile, and the
objects it enclosed, had been subject to an increasing diminution.
In this first lecture I shall be concerned to refute a theory which is widely held, and which I formerly held myself: the theory that the essence of everything mental is a certain quite peculiar something called "consciousness," conceived either as a relation to
objects, or as a pervading quality of psychical phenomena.
I was necessarily one among the witnesses summoned to assist the
objects of the investigation.
