 | 1840 - 424 pagine
...teach her to write, and to show her that she might communicate her ideas to persons not in contact with her. " It was amusing to witness the mute amazement...letter distinctly, and separate words from each other." — pp. 23, 24. " With regard to the sense of touch, it is very acute, even for a blind person. It... | |
 | 1840 - 424 pagine
...thought, her joy was boundless. " Never did a child apply more eagerly and joyfully to any task, lhan she did to this ; and in a few months she could make...letter distinctly, and separate words from each other." — pp. 23, 24. " With regard to the sense of touch, it is very acute, even for a blind person. It... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1841 - 740 pagine
...submitted to the process, the docility with which she imi1841.] the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Child. 471 tated every motion, and the perseverance with which she...letter distinctly, and separate words from each other ; and she actually wrote, unaided, a legible letter to her mother, in which she expressed the idea... | |
 | 1844 - 490 pagine
...understand what she thought, her joy was boundless. Never did a child apply more eagerly and joyfully lo any task than she did to this; and in a few months...letter distinctly, and separate words from each other ; and she actually wrote, unaided, a legible letter to her mother, in which she expressed the idea... | |
 | Ira Mayhew - 1850 - 486 pagine
...teach her to write, and to show her she might communicate her ideas to persons not in contact with her. It was amusing to witness the mute amazement...letter distinctly, and separate words from each other. At this time Laura actually wrote, unaided, a legible letter to her mother, in which she expressed... | |
 | Ira Mayhew - 1850 - 476 pagine
...teach her to write, and to show her she might communicate her ideas to persons not in contact with her. It was amusing to witness the mute amazement...task than she did to this; and in a few months she oould make every letter distinctly, and separate words from each other. At this time Laura actually... | |
 | 1852 - 784 pagine
...teach her to write, and to shew her that she might communicate her ideas to persons nut in contact with her. " It was amusing to witness the mute amazement...than she did to this ; and in a few months she could makeevery letter distinctly, and separate words from each other;" and she actually wrote, THE EDINBURGH... | |
 | Francois Magendie - 1855 - 570 pagine
...teach her to write, and to show her that she might communicate her ideas to persons not in contact with her. " It was amusing to witness the mute amazement...letter distinctly, and separate words from each other ; and she actually wrote, unaided, a legible letter to her mother, in which she expressed the idea... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1857 - 880 pagine
...trying to teach her to write, and to show her that she might communicate her ideas to persons present. It was amusing to witness the mute amazement with...letter distinctly, and separate words from each other ; and she actually wrote, unaided, a legible letter to her mother, in which she expressed the idea... | |
 | 1857 - 956 pagine
...is an early sentence : Keller is sick ; when will Keller well. The use of be she had not acquired. It was amusing to witness the mute amazement with...letter distinctly, and separate words from each other ; and she actually wrote, unaided, a legible letter to her mother, in which she expressed the idea... | |
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It was amusing to witness the mute amazement with which she submitted to the process, the docility with which she imitated every motion, and the perseverance with which she moved her pencil over and over again in the same track, until she could form the... 
