 You have all heard of the process of tunnelling, of tunnelling through a sand-bank. In this operation it is impossible to succeed unless every foot, nay, almost every inch, in our progress be secured by an arch of masonry, before we attempt the excavation...  Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic - Página 139por Sir William Hamilton - 1860 - 510 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Sir William Hamilton - 1863 - 296 páginas
...the basis of operations for others still beyond. relation to these. f\ ,1 • n ,. -.*• , ... -, another. Now, language is to the mind precisely what...excavation are not dependent on the word in the one case, or the mason -work in the other ; but without these subsidiaries, neither process could be carried... | |
 | Francis Bowen - 1864 - 480 páginas
...illustration : You have all heard of the process of tunnelling, of tunnelling through a sand-bank. In this operation it is impossible to succeed unless...language is to the mind precisely what the arch is to the tuniiel. The power of thinking and the power of excavation are not dependent on the word in the one... | |
 | Sir William Hamilton - 1865 - 314 páginas
...another illustration : You have all heard of the process of tunneling, of tunneling through a sandbank. In this operation it is impossible to succeed, unless...excavation are not dependent on the word in the one case, or the mason-work in the other ; but without these subsidiaries, neither process could be carried on... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1865 - 578 páginas
...illustration : You have all heard of the pro" cess of tunnelling—of tunnelling through a sand-bank. " In this operation it is impossible to succeed, unless...of " thinking and the power of excavation are not depend" ent on the word in the one case, on the mason-work " in the other; but without these subsidiaries,... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1865 - 578 páginas
...illustration : You have all heard of the " process of tunnelling, of tunnelling through a sand-bank. " In this operation it is impossible to succeed, unless..." of thinking and the power of excavation are not depend" ent on the word in the one case, on the mason-work in " the other ; but without these subsidiaries,... | |
 | Henry Noble Day - 1867 - 264 páginas
...another illustration : All have heard of the process of tunneling, of tunneling through a sandbank. In this operation it is impossible to succeed, unless...excavation are not dependent on the word in the one case, or the mason-work in the other ; but without these subsidiaries, neither process could be carried on... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1867 - 664 páginas
...illustration : You have all heard of the pro" cess of tunnelling — of tunnelling through a sand-bank. " In this operation it is impossible to succeed, unless...of " thinking and the power of excavation are not depen" dent on the word in the one case, on the mason -work "in the other; but without these subsidiaries,... | |
 | James McCosh - 1870 - 252 páginas
...illustration : You have all heard of the process of tunnelling, of tunnelling through a sand-bank. In this operation it is impossible to succeed unless...excavation are not dependent on the word in the one case, nor on the mason-work in the other ; but without these subsidiaries neither process could be carried... | |
 | James McCosh - 1873 - 244 páginas
...illustration : You have all heard of the process of tunnelling, of tunnelling through a sand-bank. In this operation it is impossible to succeed unless...excavation are not dependent on the word in the one case, nor on the mason-work in the other ; but without these subsidiaries neither process could be carried... | |
 | David Jayne Hill - 1877 - 328 páginas
...illustration : You have all heard of the process of tun neling through a sand-bank. In this operation it ia impossible to succeed, unless every foot, nay almost*...every inch in our progress, be secured by an arch oi masonry, before we attempt the excavation of another. Now, language is to the mind precisely what... | |
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