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Thomas Reid

 

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Thomas Mayne Reid : "The Headless Horseman"

'"In my childhood, I never met another who could not read", [H.M. Tomlinson] recalled. "Some of them could be so excited by the printed page that they passed on the fun they had found, and thus... I was introduced to Mayne Reid, and again to Harrison Ainsworth, with "The Headless Horseman" and "Rookwood"".'

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: H.M. Tomlinson      Print: Book

  

Thomas Reid : Essays on the Powers of the Human Mind

'In the course of the winter I read some of Mr. Dugald Stewart's "Essays on the Human Mind", together with a part of Dr. Reid's on the same subject. I also read Mr. Cary's translation of Dante and Mr. Jowell's "Christian Researches".'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Carter      Print: Book

  

Thomas Reid : An inquiry into the human mind

'Read the first five chapters of Reid's "Enquiry into the Human Mind": in which he examines the senses of Smell, Taste, Hearing, and Touch...'

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Thomas Green      Print: Book

 

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