 He had another particularity, of which none of his friends ever ventured to ask an explanation. It appeared to me some superstitious habit, which he had contracted early, and from which he had never called upon his reason to disentangle him.  Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind - Side 211av Dugald Stewart - 1814Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | William F. Bynum, Roy Porter, Michael Shepherd - 2003 - 352 sider
...another particularity ... it appeared to me some superstitious habit, which had contracted early . . . this was his anxious care to go out or in at a door...number of steps from a certain point, or at least so that either his right or his left foot (I am not certain which) should constantly make the first actual... | |
 | Bruce Franklin Pennington - 2005 - 404 sider
...gesticulations, which tended to excite at once surprise and ridicule. He had another particularity. . . . This was his anxious care to go out or in at a door...by a certain number of steps from a certain point. ... 1 have, upon innumerable occasions, observed him suddenly stop, and then seem to count his steps... | |
 | James Boswell - 2008 - 1024 sider
...He had another particularity, of which none of his friends ever ventured to ask an explanation. It appeared to me some superstitious habit, which he...anxious care to go out or in at a door or passage, 1 Prayers and Meditations, p. 50. 2 Ibid. p. 51. by a certain number of steps from a certain point,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 544 sider
...He had another particularity, of which none of his friends even ventured to ask an explanation. It appeared to me some superstitious habit, which he...of steps from a certain point, or at . least so as tliat either his right or left foot, (I am not certain which,) should constantly make the first actual... | |
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