 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1841 - 740 Seiten
...pleased. She sometimes purposely spells word wrong with the left hand, looks roguish for a moment an laughs, and then with the right hand strikes the left, as if i correct it. " During the year she has attained great dexterity in tb use of the manual alphabet of... | |
 | 1842 - 592 Seiten
...seems to reason, reflect, and argue : if she spell a word wrong with the fingers of her right hand, she instantly strikes it with her left, as her teacher...'During the year she has attained great dexterity in the MSC of the manual alphabet of the deaf mutes ; and she spells VOL. iv. 69 nut the words and sentences... | |
 | 1843 - 444 Seiten
...her teacher would do in sign of disapprobation, if right she would pat herself on the head, and look pleased. She sometimes purposely spells a word wrong...right hand strikes the left, as if to correct it. When Laura is walking through the passages, with her hands spread before her, she knows instantly every... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1845 - 846 Seiten
...seems to reason, reflect, and argue ; if she spell a word wrong with the fingers of her right hand, she instantly strikes it with her left, as her teacher...if right, then she pats herself upon the head, and look* pleased. She sometimes purposely spells a word wrong with the left hand, looks roguish for a... | |
 | Benjamin B. Bowen - 1847 - 450 Seiten
...seems to reason, reflect, and argue ; 33 if she spell a word wrong with the fingers of her right hand, she instantly strikes it with her left, as her teacher...pleased. She sometimes purposely spells a word wrong with her left hand, looks roguish and laughs, and then with the right hand strikes the left, as if to correct... | |
 | 1847 - 454 Seiten
...argue: if she spells a word wrong with the fingers of her right hand, she instantly strikes it with tho left, as her teacher does, in sign of disapprobation:...spells a word wrong with the left hand, looks roguish, and laughs, and then, with the right hand, strikes the left, as if to correct it." If she meets, in... | |
 | 1849 - 396 Seiten
...self-communion she seems to reason and reflect. If she spells a word wrong with the fingers of her right hand, she instantly strikes it with her left, as her teacher does, in sign of disapprobation ; if right, she pats herself on the head and looks pleased. During the year she has attained such great dexterity... | |
 | 1851 - 496 Seiten
...spells a word wrong with the fingers of her right hand, she instantly strikes it with the fingers of her left, as her teacher does, in sign of disapprobation ; if right, she pats herself on the head, and looks pleased. She sometimes purposely spells a word wrong with the... | |
 | 1843 - 582 Seiten
...her teacher would do in sign of disapprobation, if right she would pat herself on the head, and look pleased. She sometimes purposely spells a word wrong with the left hand, looks roguish for a momont, and laughs, and then with the right hand strikes the left, as if to correct it. When Laura... | |
 | 1857 - 498 Seiten
...spells a word wrong with the fingers of her right hand, she instantly strikes it with the fingers of her left, as her teacher does, in sign of disapprobation ; if right, she pats herself on the head, and looks pleased. She sometimes purposely spells a word wrong with the... | |
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In this lonely self-communion she seems to reason, reflect, and argue : if she spell a word wrong with the fingers of her right hand, she instantly strikes it with her left, as her teacher does, in sign of disapprobation ; if right, then she pats herself... 
