course of thought
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My spirits were so disarranged, my nerves so clamorous in their confusion, that no course of thought, speech, or action presented itself.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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I can no longer find any logical marks to assist me in tracking out his course of thought.
From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 by Various
This is the simple and natural account, given subsequently by Mayer himself, of the course of thought started by his observation in Java.
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John
The course of thought which I have pursued regarding the objects and influences of country life, will find an answer in many of my city readers.
From The Hearth-Stone Thoughts upon Home-Life in Our Cities by Osgood, Samuel
Yet the two epistles do not follow the same course of thought, and their contents cannot be successfully exhibited in a common synoptical abstract.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various