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... persons born blind and brought to sight , that all have shown a total ignorance of space or dis- tance . Cheseldine the anatomist * tells us , that the boy on whom he operated , on viewing the prospect , put out his hands to touch the ...
... persons born blind and brought to sight , that all have shown a total ignorance of space or dis- tance . Cheseldine the anatomist * tells us , that the boy on whom he operated , on viewing the prospect , put out his hands to touch the ...
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... person of the accents of speech , that through the voice he fancies he can see the soul . From this idea they form notions of character that often lead them into erroneous conclusions . By practice , the discriminating powers of the ear ...
... person of the accents of speech , that through the voice he fancies he can see the soul . From this idea they form notions of character that often lead them into erroneous conclusions . By practice , the discriminating powers of the ear ...
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... persons possess in distinguishing the smaller sounds , is very re- * Some very extraordinary telegraphic inventions are about to be exhibited , depending upon this principle . markable . A friend of the writer has declared he 18 18 ...
... persons possess in distinguishing the smaller sounds , is very re- * Some very extraordinary telegraphic inventions are about to be exhibited , depending upon this principle . markable . A friend of the writer has declared he 18 18 ...
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... persons than in others ; but most persons have experienced , that when they have been delighted with a new air , without any effort of their own , how it will haunt them for days . The faculties of the ear , then , are by no means fully ...
... persons than in others ; but most persons have experienced , that when they have been delighted with a new air , without any effort of their own , how it will haunt them for days . The faculties of the ear , then , are by no means fully ...
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... persons have a greater aptness for the vocal art than others , probably by a more suitable organization , but there is not a voice , however stubborn , but what may be rendered sufficiently pliant to perform with accuracy the notes of ...
... persons have a greater aptness for the vocal art than others , probably by a more suitable organization , but there is not a voice , however stubborn , but what may be rendered sufficiently pliant to perform with accuracy the notes of ...
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Page 447 - Fountain heads and pathless groves, Places which pale passion loves ! Moonlight walks, when all the fowls Are warmly housed save bats and owls ! A midnight bell, a parting groan, These are the sounds we feed upon ; Then stretch our bones in a still gloomy valley : Nothing's so dainty sweet as lovely melancholy.
Page 477 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent; Spreads undivided, operates unspent! Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart...
Page 297 - And the birds in the adjoining grove seemed to have a friendly contention with an echo, whose dead voice seemed to live in a hollow tree, near to the brow of that primrose hill.
Page 51 - I KNEW, by the smoke that so gracefully curled Above the green elms, that a cottage was near, And I said, " If there's peace to be found in the world, A heart that was humble might hope for it here...
Page 260 - Those joyous hours are past away ; And many a heart, that then was gay, Within the tomb now darkly dwells, And hears no more those evening bells. And so 'twill be when I am gone ; That tuneful peal will still ring on, While other bards shall walk these dells, And sing your praise, sweet...
Page 267 - Oft, on a plat of rising ground I hear the far-off curfew sound Over some wide-water'd shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar; Or, if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom...
Page 126 - The first note he sang was taken with such delicacy, swelled by minute degrees to such an amazing volume, and afterward diminished in the same manner to a mere point, that it was applauded for full five minutes. After this he set off with such brilliancy and rapidity of execution, that it was difficult for the violins of those days to keep pace with him.
Page 222 - Less Philomel will deign a song In her sweetest saddest plight, Smoothing the rugged brow of Night, While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke Gently o'er the accustomed oak. Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy!
Page 316 - But that which did please me beyond any thing in the whole world, was the wind-musique when the angel comes down ; which is so sweet that it ravished me, and indeed, in a word, did wrap up my soul so that it made me really sick, just as I have formerly been when in love with my wife ; that...
Page 179 - But will GOD indeed dwell on the earth ? Behold the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain Thee ; how much less the house that I have builded.