fix attention

Example Sentences

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It was thought better to fix attention on the purely logical value of the argument presented.

From Theism or Atheism The Great Alternative by Cohen, Chapman

It was necessary to fix attention; and the mind can be captivated only by recollection, or by curiosity; by reviving natural sentiments, or impressing new appearances of things.

From Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 by Johnson, Samuel

Here was a subject fitted to fix attention upon any writer, and on the other hand, a writer brilliantly qualified to fix attention upon any subject.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 by Various

I was too ill-dressed, and my manner was too simple, to attract or fix attention.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861 by Various

Its mission is first to fix attention, and then to enlarge the circle of acquired knowledge.

From Sophisms of the Protectionists by White, Horace