Elementary Lessons, Being a Course of Instruction for the Deaf & Dumb Volume 2 - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1849 edition. Excerpt: ...a noise. 'They may be used as verbs, but this use is uncommon, and in a different sense from the present. All are also used with hear. Hear a noise, hear one's Voice, hear a cry, &c. Several are used with utter. Utter a cry, &c. All are used with prepositions, particularly with and without. With a loud report, without a groan, &c. All are used with possessives. The lion's roar, the roar of the lion, the sound of a bell, a man's voice, &c. Examples. Large bells give a loud clear sound, which can he heard at a great distance. A gentleman who was gunning,1 fired at a bird in a low bush; immediately he heard a scream. He ran round the bush, and found he had wounded a young lady who was picking berries. He was very sorry, helped her home, and paid the doctor. The Niagara river falls 160 feet with a noise louder than thunder. In the evening the lion comes out of his den with a roar, Mr. saw a man's arm cut off. He bore it' without a groan. i Shooting small game with a gun. 1 Bore, endured it, ii e. the cutting off. After heavy rains, the ice on the rivers often bursts up with a very loud report. The Indians steal upon their enemies without noise, till they are near enough, and then rush on with dreadful yells. A continuance or repetition of sounds in marked by the termination, ing. I heard the barking of a dog, and in a few minutes the report of a gun. I supposed some one had shot a sqirrel. The rattling of wheels sometimes frightens young horses. The crying of children is very unpleasant. The singing of birds is very pleasant. Burst is used in some phrases, as: Burst into a laugh--bunt out laughing--burst out crying. Fanny burst out laughing to see Peter fall down the steps, but Peter burst out crying; and his screams...