Objects

Examples

• The same experienced union has the same effect on the mind, whether the united objects be motives, volitions and actions; or figure and motion. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• It was very pretty to look at, but seemed to have the effect of rendering surrounding objects rather darker than before. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• But those objects against which their envy seems principally directed, are the vices of the younger sort and the deaths of the old. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• In the transportation building of the World’s Fair at Chicago in 1893 one of the most conspicuous objects of attention was the model of the great Bethlehem Iron Co. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• When we look at near objects, the muscles act in such a way that the lens bulges out, and becomes thick in the middle and of the right curvature to focus the near object upon the screen. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• All depends on our manner of viewing the objects. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• It is only necessary then to open one or the other of these latter to cause the appearance or disappearance or transformation of such objects as have been inclosed within it. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• These pictures are so perfect in detail that, when photographed and enlarged, objects no greater than a blade of grass may be distinctly recognized. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Other stone-cutting machines had for their objects the cutting and moulding the edges of tables, mantels and slabs; and the cutting of circular and other curved work. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The mind is occupied by the multitude of the objects, and by the strong passions, that display themselves. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• The difference in the effects of two resembling objects must proceed from that particular, in which they differ. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Its grandeur-- its treasure of paintings, its magnificent halls were objects soothing and even exhilarating. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• By the same quality of the mind we are seduced into a good opinion of ourselves, and of all objects, that belong to us. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• It is in vain to urge, that inanimate objects act without liberty and choice. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• A cause traces the way to our thought, and in a manner forces us to survey such certain objects, in such certain relations. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• It is evident the idea of darkness is no positive idea, but merely the negation of light, or more properly speaking, of coloured and visible objects. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Whilst, for instance, the spectator is looking at the interior of a church, he sees the objects gradually assuming different appearances. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Suppose two objects to be presented to me, which are not connected by any kind of relation. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• This impression of my senses immediately conveys my thoughts to the person, along with all the surrounding objects. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• There is not one of these objects, but what by its different qualities may produce love and esteem, or hatred and contempt. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• To this I reply, that in judging of the actions of men we must proceed upon the same maxims, as when we reason concerning external objects. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• As they passed into other rooms these objects were taking different positions; but from every window there were beauties to be seen. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Refraction is the source of many illusions; bent rays of light make objects appear where they really are not. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• He needs to be made conscious of consequences as a justification of the positive or negative value of certain objects. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• To achieve these results, and to secure a note of invitation which could be shown to Lady Glyde, were the objects of my visit to Mr. Fairlie. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Consequently no proposition can be intelligible or consistent with regard to objects, which is not so with regard to perceptions. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• The counterpart of the isolation of mind from activities dealing with objects to accomplish ends is isolation of the subject matter to be learned. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• The hands may gather germs from any substances or objects with which they come in contact; hence the hands should be washed with soap and water, and especially before eating. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• And you may further imagine that his instructor is pointing to the objects as they pass and requiring him to name them,--will he not be perplexed? Plato. The Republic.
• First, We have no abstract idea of existence, distinguishable and separable from the idea of particular objects. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.

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