 | Sir John Carr - 1803 - 302 pages
...a silk thread about her mouth, and rested the other end upon her piano forte, upon which she played a pathetic 'air. Her' visitor soon appeared much affected,...experienced a delight, which she could not express, atid that k had forced her to Weep/' I must reluctantly retire from tnis pleasing subject, by wishing... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1845 - 846 pages
...thread about the girl's mouth, and rested the other end upon her pianoforte, upon which she played a pathetic air ; her visitor soon appeared much affected,...could not express, and that it had forced her to weep. Another anecdote of the power of music over a pupil at the institution for deaf-mutes in Paris has... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1869 - 530 pages
...thread about the girl's mouth, and rested the other end upon her pianoforte, upon which she played a pathetic air ; her visitor soon appeared much affected,...could not express, and that it had forced her to weep. It is mentioned in a German journal, that, in 1750, a merchant of Cleves, named Jorrisen, who had become... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1870 - 274 pages
...thread about the girl's mouth, and rested the other end upon her pianoforte, upon which she played a pathetic air; her visitor soon appeared much affected,...could not express, and that it had forced her to weep. It is mentioned in a German journal, that, in 1750, a merchant of •Cleves, named Jorrisen, who had... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1872 - 134 pages
...thread about the girl's mouth, and rested the other end upon her pianoforte, upon which she played a pathetic air; her visitor soon appeared much affected,...could not express, and that it had forced her to weep. It is mentioned in a German journal, that, in 1750, a merchant of Cleves, named Jorrisen, who had become... | |
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... produced by music, when the instrument is brought in contact with their persons. We are told of a lady in Paris who tried an experiment upon a young woman who was both deaf and dumb. She fastened a silk thread about the girl's mouth, and rested the... 