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" She sometimes purposely spells a word wrong with the left hand, looks roguish for a moment, and laughs, and then with the right hand strikes the left, as if to correct it. During the year she has attained great dexterity in the... "
The Works of Charles Dickens ...: American notes - Page 43
by Charles Dickens - 1868
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Family Magazine: Or Monthly Abstract of General Knowledge, Volume 6

1839 - 580 pages
...she has attained great dexterity in the use of the Manual Alphabet of the deaf mutes ; and she spells out the words and sentences which she knows so fast...reads the words thus written by another, grasping their*hand in hers, and following every movement of their fingers, as letter after letter conveys their...
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The North American Review, Volume 52

Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1841 - 740 pages
...sentences which she knows, so fast an deftly, that only those accustomed to this language can folio with the eye the rapid motions of her fingers. " But wonderful as is the rapidity with which she writ( her thoughts upon the air, still more so is the ease and acci racy with which she reads the words...
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The Saint Petersburg English Review of Literature, the Arts and ..., Volume 4

1842 - 590 pages
...dexterity in the use of the manual alphabet of the deaf mutes : and she spells VOL. iv. 69 out thc words and sentences which she knows, so fast and so...accuracy with which she reads the words thus written hy another ; grasping their hands in hers, and following . everv movement of their fingers, as letter...
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American Notes for General Circulation

Charles Dickens - 1842 - 452 pages
...she has attained great dexterity in the use of the manual alphabet of the deaf mutes; and she spells out the words and sentences which she knows, so fast...writes her thoughts upon the air, still more so is the case and accuracy with which she reads the words thus written by another; grasping their hands in hers,...
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The St. Peterburg English Review, Volume 4

S. Warrand - 1842 - 590 pages
...great dexterity in the use. of the manual alphabet of the dflaf mutes : and she spells vot. iv. 69 (ml the words and sentences which she knows, so fast and...follow with the eye the rapid motions of her fingers. a 'But wonderful as is the rapidity with which she writes her thoughts upon the air, still more so...
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The St. Petersburg English Review, of Literature, the Arts, and ..., Volume 4

1842 - 592 pages
...great dexterity in the MSC of the manual alphabet of the deaf mutes ; and she spells VOL. iv. 69 nut the words and sentences which she knows, so fast and...follow with the eye the rapid motions of her fingers. « 'Bui wonderful as is the rapidity with which she writes her thoughts upon the air, still more so...
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Lucas's Penny Library, Issue 1

1842 - 92 pages
...she has attained great dexterity in the use of the manual alphabet of the deaf mutes ; and she spells out the words and sentences which she knows so fast...to this language can follow with the eye the rapid motion of her fingers. " ' But wonderful as is the rapidity with which she writes her thoughts upon...
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Visitor: Or Monthly Instructor

1844 - 490 pages
...she has attained great dexterity in the use of the manual alphabet of the deaf mutes; and she spells out the words and sentences which she knows, so fast,...follow with the eye the rapid motions of her fingers. " When Luura is walking through a passage way, with her hands spread before her, she knows instantly...
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The Power of the Soul Over the Body: Considered in Relation to Health and Morals

George Moore - 1848 - 304 pages
...alphabet of the deaf mutes. In this lonely self-communion she seems to reason, reflect, and argue. But wonderful as is the rapidity with which she writes...thoughts upon the air, still more so is the ease and rapidity with which she reads the words thus written ; grasping their hands in hers, and following...
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The Power of the Soul Over the Body: Considered in Relation to Health and Morals

George Moore - 1852 - 342 pages
...alphabet of the deaf mutes. In this lonely self-communion, she seems to reason, reflect, and argue. But wonderful as is the rapidity with which she writes her thoughts upon the air, still more so are the ease and rapidity with which she reads the words thus written by another ; grasping their hands...
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