A Blind Man's OfferingThe author, 1847 - Всего страниц: 432 |
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accomplish acquainted angels beautiful behold blessed blind persons bright character Charles Fourier Charles Landon cheer church commenced consciousness countenance dark deep degraded delight deprived destiny divine earth effect endeavored enjoy evanescent evils exert exis existence express eyes father favor feel felt fingers flowers forever Fort Plain grandize hand happiness hear heart heaven hope hour human human voice idea influence institutions intel intellectual knowledge labor Landon Laura Laura Bridgman light live look manifested mankind manual alphabet Maria MDCCC ment mighty heart mind misfortune moral Morndale mother nature ness never Nicholas Saunderson object observed obtain philanthropist physical Plato poor possess present Protestant Reformation religion remark Rochford Sanderson seems senses sight smile society soon soul speak spirit sweet sympathy tence thee things thou thought tion vidual voice words young Zoroaster
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Стр. 179 - And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not, I will lead them in paths that they have not known : I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake . them.
Стр. 417 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Стр. 271 - Tunes her nocturnal note: thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine...
Стр. 385 - ... a twining of arms, a grasping of hands, and a swift telegraphing upon the tiny fingers, whose rapid evolutions convey the thoughts and feelings from the outposts of one mind to those of the other. There are questions and' answers, exchanges of joy or sorrow, there are kissings and partings, just as between little children with all their senses...
Стр. 382 - ... she has just learned the manual alphabet, as used by the deaf mutes, and it is a subject of delight and wonder to see how rapidly, correctly, and eagerly, she goes on with her labors.
Стр. 387 - ... ascertain who was near her. Perceiving the matron, of whom she is very fond, she grasped her with one hand, holding on convulsively to her mother with the other; and thus she stood for a moment: then she dropped her mother's hand; put her handkerchief to her eyes; and turning round, clung sobbing to the matron; while her mother departed, with emotions as deep as those of her child.
Стр. 382 - The next step was to procure a set of metal types, with the different letters of the alphabet cast upon their ends ; also a board, in which were square holes, into which holes she could set the types ; so that the letters on their ends could alone he felt above the surface.
Стр. 378 - ... brothers and sisters, were but forms of matter which resisted her touch, but which differed not from the furniture of the house, save in warmth, and in the power of locomotion ; and not even in these respects from the dog and the cat.
Стр. 143 - O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to you! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not ! Behold, your house is forsaken and desolate.
Стр. 378 - It was now observed that her sense of smell was almost entirely destroyed; and consequently, that her taste was much blunted. It was not until four years of age, that the poor child's bodily health seemed restored, and she was able to enter upon her apprenticeship of life and the world.