 | 1806 - 550 páginas
...be put upon the words that this woman used with respeft to the time_at which these things occurred. It has been truly observed, that there is nothing we are so little in the habit of, as measuring with any degree of correftness small portions of time. I am persuaded, if any one were... | |
 | Richard Patch - 1806 - 214 páginas
...be put upon the words that this woman used with respect to the time, at which these things occurred. It has been truly observed, that there is nothing we are so little in the habit of, as measuring with any degree of correctness, small portions of time. I am persuaded, that if any one... | |
 | 1820 - 494 páginas
...sense that should be put upon the words this woman uses, with regard to the admeasurement of rime ; it has been truly observed, that there is nothing...measuring with correctness as small portions of time; it would surprise any one to observe, by a watch that marks the seconds, how much longer a few seconds... | |
 | William Wills - 1857 - 296 páginas
...they thought the letters were written by different hands, (g) It was observed by Lord CB Macdonald, that there is nothing we are so little in the habit of, as measuring with any degree of correctness small portions of time ; and that if any one were to examine... | |
 | Arthur Percival Will - 1896 - 580 páginas
...various documents, which the jury unanimously found to be forged.1 It was observed by Lord CB Macdonald, that there is nothing we are so little in the habit of, as measuring with any degree of correctness small portions of time ; and that if any one were to examine,... | |
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I am persuaded, that if any one were to examine with a watch, which marks the seconds, how much longer a space of time a few seconds or a few minutes really are than people in general conceive them to be, they would be surprized... 