 Someone was drawing water and my teacher placed my hand under the spout. As the cool stream gushed over one hand she spelled into the other the word water, first slowly, then rapidly. I stood still, my whole attention fixed upon the motions of her fingers....  Advanced Lessons in Everyday English - Page 211by Emma Miller Bolenius - 1921 - 414 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Helen Keller - 1903 - 508 pages
...the path to the well-house, attracted by the fragrance of the honeysuckle with which it was covered. Some one was drawing water and my teacher placed my...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... | |
 | Thomas B. Gould - 1903 - 128 pages
...confounded the word mug and the word water. But one day she and her teacher walked down to the well house: "Some one was drawing water and my teacher placed...spout. As the cool stream gushed over one hand she spelt into the other the word 'water' first slowly, then more rapidly. I stood still, my whole attention... | |
 | 1909 - 558 pages
...hat and they walked down the path to the well-house. Someone was drawing water [writes Miss Keller] and my teacher placed my hand under the spout. As the cool stream gushed over my hand she spelled into the other the word "water," first slowly, then rapidly. I stood still, my... | |
 | A. M. Williams - 1912 - 256 pages
...to the well-house, attracted by the fragrance of the honeysuckle with which it was covered. Someone was drawing water and my teacher placed my hand under...rapidly. 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... | |
 | Augustus Hill Kelley - 1914 - 472 pages
...the path to the well-house, attracted by the fragrance of the honeysuckle with which it was covered. Some one was drawing water and my teacher placed my...rapidly. 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... | |
 | Henry Herbert Goddard - 1919 - 456 pages
...the path to the well-house, attracted by the fragrance of the honeysuckle with which it was covered. Some one was drawing water and my teacher placed my...rapidly. 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... | |
 | Rollo La Verne Lyman, Howard Copeland Hill - 1925 - 748 pages
...the path to the well-house, attracted by the fragrance of the honeysuckle with which it was covered. Some one was drawing water, and my teacher placed...rapidly. 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... | |
 | Leon Carroll Marshall - 1926 - 520 pages
...first word and what it started in her mind. — We walked down the path to the well-house. Someone was drawing water, and my teacher placed my hand under...other the word water, first slowly, then rapidly. Suddenly somehow the mystery of language was revealed to me. I knew then that "water" meant the wonderful... | |
 | I.F. Goldstein, M. Goldstein - 1984 - 428 pages
...to the well-house, attracted by the fragrance of the honeysuckle with which it was covered. Someone was drawing water and my teacher placed my hand under...rapidly. I stood still, my whole attention fixed upon the motions of her fingers. Suddenly 1 felt a misty consciousness as of something forgotten — a thrill... | |
 | Edwin Webb - 1992 - 184 pages
...the path to the well-house, attracted by the fragrance of the honeysuckle with which it was covered. Some one was drawing water and my teacher placed my...rapidly. I stood still, my whole attention fixed upon the motions of her fingers. Suddenly I felt a misty consciousness of something forgotten — a thrill of... | |
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