fix attention

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Walch, moreover, in the "Gedanken von der Geschichte der Glaubenslehre," 1756, gave the impulse that was needed to fix attention on the history of dogma as a special discipline.

From History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) by Buchanan, Neil

No surer way has been found to fix attention than to attempt to enforce a law or collect a fine for disobedience of it.

From Euthenics, the science of controllable environment a plea for better living conditions as a first step toward higher human efficiency by Richards, Ellen H.

I know it amuses me, and it would doubtless amuse the public, to fix attention on this little affair of your own.

From Jewel Weed by Fisher, Harrison

But if the simplest truth sometimes requires a contest of ages before it is heard and understood, I could not hope to fix attention on a fact which might be taken as problematical.

From On the cattle plague: or, Contagious typhus in horned cattle. Its history, origin, description, and treatment by Bourguignon, Honor?

In defining a word we seek some class to which to refer it, that we may identify it, and fix attention upon that peculiarity by which we can distinguish it from all other things.

From A Logic Of Facts Or, Every-day Reasoning by Holyoake, George Jacob