consecution

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The first is the spontaneous and as it were mechanical consecution of mental states in the soul whence the interfering effect of voluntary consciousness has been removed.

From Hegel's Philosophy of Mind by Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich

The commencement of the new chapter at this point makes an unfortunate division; for its first two verses are in close consecution with the last verse of chapter iv.

From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by Findlay, G. G.

The word 'then' rather acts as an auspicious term by being pronounced and heard merely, while it denotes at the same time something else, viz. immediate consecution as said above.

From The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1 by Thibaut, George

The natural consecution of the Homeric images needs no exposition: it constitutes in itself one of the beauties of the work.

From The Iliad by Pope, Alexander

Even those who bicycle or drive see these sights but rarely and with no consecution, since roads also avoid climbing save where they are forced to it, as over certain passes.

From The Path to Rome by Belloc, Hilaire