Английский для смелых. Истории о духах и привидениях / Great Ghost Stories - страница 25
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), bold in generalisation (смелый в обобщениях), he poured forth his thoughts in an uninterrupted stream (он изливал свои мысли непрерывным потоком; to interrupt – прерывать), and, still leaning forward in the same moody attitude with his eyes fixed upon the fire (и, по-прежнему наклонившись вперед в той же задумчивой позе, устремив глаза на огонь; mood – настроение; расположение духа; attitude – позиция; отношение; поза; to fix – фиксировать, закрепить, прикрепить), wandered from topic to topic, from speculation to speculation, like an inspired dreamer (переходил от темы к теме, от одной гипотезы/теории к другой, как вдохновенный мечтатель; to wander – странствовать, скитаться, блуждать; speculation – размышление, обдумывание; предположение, теория, догадка, умозрительное построение).
His inquiries related chiefly to scientific matters, with the later progress of which, as applied to the practical purposes of life, he was almost wholly unacquainted. No student of science myself, I replied as well as my slight information permitted; but the task was far from easy, and I was much relieved when, passing from interrogation to discussion, he began pouring forth his own conclusions upon the facts which I had been attempting to place before him. He talked, and I listened spellbound. He talked till I believe he almost forgot my presence, and only thought aloud. I had never heard anything like it then; I have never heard anything like it since. Familiar with all systems of all philosophies, subtle in analysis, bold in generalisation, he poured forth his thoughts in an uninterrupted stream, and, still leaning forward in the same moody attitude with his eyes fixed upon the fire, wandered from topic to topic, from speculation to speculation, like an inspired dreamer.
From practical science to mental philosophy (от практической науки к психологии; mental – умственный, связанный с деятельностью мозга; philosophy – философия); from electricity in the wire to electricity in the nerve (от электрического тока /бегущего/ по проводу до электрических импульсов в нерве; wire – проволока; электрический провод); from Watts to Mesmer (от Ватта к Месмеру[4]), from Mesmer to Reichenbach (от Месмера к Рейхенбаху[5]), from Reichenbach to Swedenborg