 | Literature, Modern - 1806 - 550 pages
...seconds or a few minutes really are than people in general conceive them to be, they would be surprised ; but in general, when we speak of a minute, two minutes,...it is impossible for us to say ; therefore we must concceive this woman to mean, that a very short space of time elapsed between the noise of the privy-door... | |
 | William Wills - Evidence (Law) - 1857 - 296 pages
...general conceive them to be, they would be surprised : but that in general, when we speak of a minute, or an instant, we can hardly be understood to mean...more than that it was a very short space of time.(^) Nevertheless it is sometimes of the highest importance accurately to fix the exact time of the occurrence... | |
 | William Wills - Evidence, Circumstantial - 1862 - 376 pages
...general conceive them to be, they would be surprised; but that in general, when we speak of a minute, or an instant, we can hardly be understood to mean more than that it was a very short space of time.f Nevertheless it is sometimes of the highest importance accurately to fix the exact time of the... | |
 | Arthur Percival Will - Evidence, Circumstantial - 1896 - 580 pages
...general conceive them to be, they would be surprised ; but that in general, when we speak of a minute, or an instant, we can hardly be understood to mean more than that it was a very short space of time.2 Nevertheless it is sometimes of the highest importance accurately to fix the exact time of the... | |
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... correctness small portions of time ; and 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 surprised... 