 The next step was to procure a set of metal types, with the different letters of the alphabet cast upon their ends ; also a board, in which were square holes, into which holes she could set the types, so that the letters 'on their ends could alone be...  Lucas's Penny Library - Page 481842Full view - About this book
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1841 - 740 pages
...types, so that the letters on their ends could alone be felt above the surface. " Then, on any article being handed to her, for instance, a pencil, or a...different letters by the position of her fingers, instead of the cumbrous apparatus of the board and types. She accomplished this speedily, and easily,... | |
 | 1842 - 590 pages
...types ; so that the letters on their ends could alone be felt above the surface. «Then, on any article being handed to her, for instance, a pencil, or a...different letters by the position of her fingers, instead of the cumbrous apparatus of the board and types. She accomplished this speedily and easily,... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1842 - 646 pages
...types; so that the letters on their ends could alone be felt above the surface. "Then, on any article being handed to her, for instance, a pencil, or a...different letters by the position of her fingers, instead of the cumbrous apparatus of the board and types. She accomplished this speedily and easily,... | |
 | S. Warrand - 1842 - 590 pages
...; so that the letters on their ends could alone be felt above the surface. » Then, on any article being handed to her, for instance, a pencil, or a...different letters by the position of her fingers, instead of the cumbrous apparatus of the board and types. She accomplished this speedily and easily,... | |
 | 1842 - 592 pages
...; so that the letters on their ends could alone be felt above the surface. • Then, on any article being handed to her, for instance, a pencil, or a...extensive ; and then the important step was taken of leaching her how to represent the different letters by the position of her fingers, instead of the... | |
 | J. Fletcher - 1843 - 472 pages
...types : so that the letters on their ends could alone be felt above the surface. " Then, on any article being handed to her, for instance, a pencil, or a...exercised for several weeks in this way, until her G vocabulary became extensive ; and then the important step was taken of teaching her how to represent... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1842 - 340 pages
...; so that the letters on their ends could alone be felt above the surface. ' ' Then, on any article being handed to her, for instance, a pencil, or a...board, and read them with apparent pleasure. " She was exerciced for several weeks in this way, until her vocabulary became extensive ; and then the important... | |
 | 1843 - 444 pages
...fix what letters she chose, and in this way she could form any words she wished. Then, on any article being handed to her ; for instance, a pencil or a watch, she would choose the several letters that spelt the wojds, and arrange them on her board, and read them by touch... | |
 | 1844 - 490 pages
...types, so that the letters on their ends could alone be felt above the surface. Then, on any article being handed to her, — for instance, a pencil, or...on her board, and read them with apparent pleasure. The whole of the succeeding year was passed in gratifying her eager inquiries for the names of every... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1845 - 846 pages
...types, so that the letters 'on their ends could alone be felt above the surface. Then, on any article being handed to her — for instance, a pencil or...different letters by the position of her fingers, instead of the cumbrous apparatus of the board and types. She accomplished this speedily and easily,... | |
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