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... usual branches of instruction which are imparted to others . Mr. Ashton , after mak- ing many inquiries , found two or three private establishments in which blind people were re- ceived in order to be educated ; but when he came to ...
... usual branches of instruction which are imparted to others . Mr. Ashton , after mak- ing many inquiries , found two or three private establishments in which blind people were re- ceived in order to be educated ; but when he came to ...
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... usual afternoon ramble in the garden or over the farm , Maud used to accompany her kind teacher into the study ( as they termed it ) , to prepare the lesson for the next morning . A short passage from Scripture or history , or some ...
... usual afternoon ramble in the garden or over the farm , Maud used to accompany her kind teacher into the study ( as they termed it ) , to prepare the lesson for the next morning . A short passage from Scripture or history , or some ...
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... usual square print- ing type . Having got the shape of these letters clearly fixed in her mind , she was now taught to make them herself . She had a frame , with a flat ruler which went from one side to the other , on which her hand ...
... usual square print- ing type . Having got the shape of these letters clearly fixed in her mind , she was now taught to make them herself . She had a frame , with a flat ruler which went from one side to the other , on which her hand ...
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... usual mode of instruction , but answering , in her case , quite as useful a purpose , and showing that the mind may see , even though the body is blind . D CHAPTER IV . MARY GREEN AND HER GHOST - STORY MAUD'S EDUCATION . 33.
... usual mode of instruction , but answering , in her case , quite as useful a purpose , and showing that the mind may see , even though the body is blind . D CHAPTER IV . MARY GREEN AND HER GHOST - STORY MAUD'S EDUCATION . 33.
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... usual , Mary used to say that there had been a grand meeting of the fairies there the night before , a sort of evening party on a large scale , and that these mushrooms had been brought there as seats for the tiny people . And when they ...
... usual , Mary used to say that there had been a grand meeting of the fairies there the night before , a sort of evening party on a large scale , and that these mushrooms had been brought there as seats for the tiny people . And when they ...
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