"When we imagine any thing, the very word leads us to think that these must be some image in the mind of the thing conceived."
Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man
4 entries in ESTC (1785, 1786, 1790, 1793).<br>
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See Thomas Reid, <u>Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man</u> (Edinburgh and London: Printed for John Bell, and G.G.J. & J. Robinson, 1785). &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=2A4cAQAAMAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;