Beauties and Achievements of the BlindPublished for the authors, 1854 - 387 Seiten Describes some of the great accomplishments of individuals who were blind. |
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... loss of sight , by the neglect of his friends . The most distinguishing honors are paid him by the king and his courtiers . Be there Demodocus the bard of fame , Taught by the gods to please , when high he sings The vocal lay ...
... loss of sight , by the neglect of his friends . The most distinguishing honors are paid him by the king and his courtiers . Be there Demodocus the bard of fame , Taught by the gods to please , when high he sings The vocal lay ...
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... loss of his sight . He was born , it appears , at London , in 1608 ; greatly impaired his sight by hard study in youth ; took the degree of A. M. at Christ College , in his twenty - fourth year ; zealously embarked in the political and ...
... loss of his sight . He was born , it appears , at London , in 1608 ; greatly impaired his sight by hard study in youth ; took the degree of A. M. at Christ College , in his twenty - fourth year ; zealously embarked in the political and ...
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... loss of sight to the dereliction of his duty . As clouds collect around them dark , floating vapors , and seem to convert into blackness the bright blue sky itself , so great afflictions accumulate sorrow , until every glad beam of hope ...
... loss of sight to the dereliction of his duty . As clouds collect around them dark , floating vapors , and seem to convert into blackness the bright blue sky itself , so great afflictions accumulate sorrow , until every glad beam of hope ...
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... loss of sight more deeply , or described it more pathetically , than Milton . In view of the ills that followed in its train , this afflic- tion was no doubt to him a source of bitter regret ; but to the world , it will ever be regarded ...
... loss of sight more deeply , or described it more pathetically , than Milton . In view of the ills that followed in its train , this afflic- tion was no doubt to him a source of bitter regret ; but to the world , it will ever be regarded ...
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... loss of his sight . He had visited the classic grounds of Italy , and had seen nature robed in her brightest and richest attire . While a student of Christ's College , he composed many Latin poems , and is said to have been the first ...
... loss of his sight . He had visited the classic grounds of Italy , and had seen nature robed in her brightest and richest attire . While a student of Christ's College , he composed many Latin poems , and is said to have been the first ...
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Allegany county ancholy authoress bard beams beautiful bees Belfast blessed blind person Bohemia born breath bright brow cheer clouds color dark death deep divine dreams early earth fame fancy father favor feel Fingal flowers FRANCES BROWN friends genius gloom glory hand happy harp hath hear heart heaven hive Homer honor hope human voice Iliad inspired JAMES HOLMAN king of day Knaresborough knowledge labors land light lived lonely loss of sight lost his sight lyre memory Metcalf mind misfortune MISS FRANCES morning mountain native nature nature's neath never night o'er objects Ossian perfect poems poet praise present reader says scenes Scoton shade shadow shine sigh sightless sing smile song soon soul sound spirit stars sublime sweet thee thou thought tion true voice waves wild winds writings young youth Zisca
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Seite 44 - Purification in the old law did save, And such, as yet once more I trust to have Full sight of her in Heaven without restraint, Came vested all in white, pure as her mind. Her face was...
Seite 48 - The secrets of the hoary deep, a dark Illimitable ocean without bound, Without dimension; where length, breadth, and highth, And time and place are lost; where eldest Night And Chaos, ancestors of Nature, hold Eternal anarchy, amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion stand.
Seite 37 - 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; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me...
Seite 40 - When the world is dark with tempests; when thunder rolls and lightning flies; thou lookest in thy beauty, from the clouds, and laughest at the storm. But to Ossian thou lookest in vain; for he beholds thy beams no more; whether thy yellow hair flows on the eastern clouds, or thou tremblest at the gates of the west. But thou art, perhaps, like me, for a season, thy years will have an end. Thou shall sleep in thy clouds, careless of the voice of the morning.
Seite 38 - And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate ; there plant eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight.
Seite 50 - On my bended knee I recognise Thy purpose, clearly shown : My vision Thou hast dimmed that I may see Thyself — Thyself alone. " I have nought to fear ; This darkness is the shadow of Thy wing; Beneath it I am almost sacred, here Can come no evil thing.
Seite 48 - Chaos umpire sits, And by decision more embroils the fray, By which he reigns : next him, high arbiter, Chance governs all. Into this wild abyss, The womb of Nature and perhaps her grave...
Seite 40 - O thou that rollest above, round as the shield of my fathers ! Whence are thy beams, O sun ! thy everlasting light ! Thou comest forth in thy awful beauty ; the stars hide themselves in the sky ; the moon, cold and pale, sinks in the western wave ; but thou thyself movest aloive. Who can be a companion of thy course...