 I stood still, my whole attention fixed upon the motions of her fingers. Suddenly I felt a misty consciousness as of something forgotten— a thrill of returning thought; and somehow the mystery of language was revealed to me. I knew then that "water"...  Library of Southern Literature: Biography - Page 2876edited by - 1909Full view - About this book
 | Thomas B. Gould - Christianity - 1903 - 128 pages
...a thrill of returning thought; and somehow the mystery of language was revealed to me. I knew then that water meant the wonderful, cool something that...awakened my soul, gave it light, hope, joy; set it free! There were barriers still, it is true, but barriers that could in time be swept away. I left the well... | |
 | Helen Keller - Blind - 1903 - 508 pages
...forgotten—a thrill of returning thought; and somehow the mystery of language was revealed to me. I knew then that "water" meant the wonderful cool something that...awakened my soul, gave it light, hope, joy, set it free! There were barriers still, it is true, but barriers that could in time be swept away.* I left the well-house... | |
 | Education - 1909 - 558 pages
...a thrill of returning thought ; and somehow the mystery of language was revealed to me. I knew then that water meant the wonderful cool something that...awakened my soul, gave it light, hope, joy; set it free! There were barriers still, it is true, but barriers that could in time be swept away. I left the well-house... | |
 | A. M. Williams - Education - 1912 - 250 pages
...somehow the mystery of language was revealed to me. I knew then that " w — a — t — e — r " meant the wonderful cool something that was flowing...awakened my soul, gave it light, hope, joy, set it free ! There were barriers still, it is true, but barriers that could in time be swept away.' 1 Surely a... | |
 | Augustus Hill Kelley - Readers - 1914 - 472 pages
...a thrill of returning thought; and somehow the mystery of language was revealed to me. I knew then that "water" meant the wonderful cool something that...awakened my soul, gave it light, hope, joy, set it free! There were barriers still, it is true, but barriers that could in time be swept away. I left the well-house... | |
 | Henry Herbert Goddard - Psychology - 1919 - 456 pages
...— a thrill of returning thot; and somehow the mystery of language was revealed to me. I knew then that 'water' meant the wonderful cool something that...awakened my soul, gave it light, hope, joy, set it free ! There were barriers still, it is true, but barriers that could in time be swept away. "I left the... | |
 | Rollo La Verne Lyman, Howard Copeland Hill - Readers - 1925 - 748 pages
...a thrill of returning thought ; and somehow the mystery of language was revealed to me. I knew then that "water" meant the wonderful cool something that...awakened my soul, gave it light, hope, joy, set it free ! There were barriers still, it is true, but barriers that could in time be swept away. I left the... | |
 | Leon Carroll Marshall - Civilization - 1926 - 520 pages
...me. I knew then that "water" meant the wonderful cool something that was flowing over my hand. That word awakened my soul, gave it light, hope, joy, set it free! .... I left the well-house eager to learn. Everything had a name, and each name gave birth to a new... | |
 | Education - 1904 - 900 pages
...thought ; and somehow the mystery of language was revealed to me. I knew then that water meant that wonderful cool something that was flowing over my...awakened my soul, gave it light, hope, joy, set it free ! " Andersen in German. Edited by WALTER RIPPMANN. With Illustrations. (Dent.) Besides the illustrations... | |
 | Jean Aitchison - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1997 - 160 pages
...water on the other. She later wrote: 'Somehow the mystery of language was revealed to me. I knew then that "water" meant the wonderful cool something that...flowing over my hand. That living word awakened my soul . . ., set it free! . . . Everything had a name, . . . every object which I touched seemed to quiver... | |
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