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Under an institution like this , it is not strange that the best poems produced and preserved of those times , were the compositions of blind bards . Their extraordinary concentrative and retentive powers , and natural fondness for ...
Under an institution like this , it is not strange that the best poems produced and preserved of those times , were the compositions of blind bards . Their extraordinary concentrative and retentive powers , and natural fondness for ...
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But what is more strange , we are able to recognize , in dreams , persons with whom we may have formed an acquaintance subsequent to blindness : sometimes by that peculiar expression of countenance with which fancy may have invested ...
But what is more strange , we are able to recognize , in dreams , persons with whom we may have formed an acquaintance subsequent to blindness : sometimes by that peculiar expression of countenance with which fancy may have invested ...
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In dreams , the imagination presents to our fancied touch , strange or familiar objects , bearing marks of recognition , with smooth and rough surfaces , differing in form and dimension , and sometimes frightful scenes , such as ...
In dreams , the imagination presents to our fancied touch , strange or familiar objects , bearing marks of recognition , with smooth and rough surfaces , differing in form and dimension , and sometimes frightful scenes , such as ...
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What a strange argument is this ! Is there any period of our life , from our cradle almost to our coffin , I mean from the moment we arrive at the use of reason to our grave , wherein some sin or other is not in season ?
What a strange argument is this ! Is there any period of our life , from our cradle almost to our coffin , I mean from the moment we arrive at the use of reason to our grave , wherein some sin or other is not in season ?
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And is it not strangely absurd , that you should propose to yourselves nothing in the lives of the wise and virtuous but their frailties and errors , for your example ; that you should pitch upon that only for your imitation , which all ...
And is it not strangely absurd , that you should propose to yourselves nothing in the lives of the wise and virtuous but their frailties and errors , for your example ; that you should pitch upon that only for your imitation , which all ...
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Bibliografische Informationen
| Titel | Beauties and Achievements of the Blind |
| Autoren | William Artman, Lansing V. Hall |
| Verlag | Published for the authors, 1864 |
| Original von | University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitalisiert | 21. Nov. 2017 |
| Länge | 387 Seiten |
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