"To make such an impression as to give the memory fast hold of the object, time is required, even where attention is the greatest; and a moderate degree of attention, which is the common case, must be continued still longer to produce the same effect."
Elements of Criticism
11 entries in ESTC (1762, 1763, 1765, 1769, 1772, 1774, 1785, 1788, 1795, 1796).<br>
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See <u>Elements of Criticism</u>, 3 vols. (Edinburgh: Printed for A. Millar, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T32597">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004801739.0001.001">Link to Vol. I in ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004801739.0001.003">Vol. II</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004801739.0001.002">Vol. III</a>&gt;<br>
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Reading <u>Elements of Criticism</u>, ed. Peter Jones, 2 vols. (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2005). [Text based on 6th edition of 1785]