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" Before he was couched, he expected little advantage from seeing, worth undergoing an operation for, except reading and writing; for he said, he thought he could have no more pleasure in walking abroad than he had in the garden, which he could do safely... "
A Compleat System of Opticks in Four Books, Viz. A Popular, a Mathematical ... - Page 44
by Robert Smith - 1738 - 171 pages
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The Philosophical Transactions and Collections, to the End of the Year 1700 ...

Royal Society (Great Britain) - Mathematics - 1734 - 552 pages
...the whole Houfe could look bigger. Before he was couched, he expected little Advantage from Seeing, worth undergoing an Operation for, except reading...abroad than he had in the Garden, which he could do very fafely and readily. And even Blindnefs he obferved, had this Advantage, that he could go any where...
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A Selection of Curious Articles from the Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 3

John Walker - 1811 - 572 pages
...operation for, except reading and writing; for, he thought, he said, he could have no more pleasure in walking abroad than he had in the garden, which he could do safely and readily. And even blindness, he observed, had this advantage, that he could go any where...
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The Youth's instructer [sic] and guardian

Youth's instructor - 1822 - 488 pages
...operation for, except reading and writing ; for, he thought, he said, he could have no more pleasure in walking abroad than he had in the garden, which he could do safely and readily. And even blindness, he observed, had this advantage, that he could go any where...
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Outlines of Human Physiology

Herbert Mayo - Physiology - 1827 - 454 pages
...operation for, except reading arid writing ; for he said, he thought he could have no more pleasure in walking abroad than he had in the garden, which he could do very safely and readily ; and even blindness, he observed, had this advantage, that he could go any...
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Readings in Natural Philosophy: Or, A Popular Display of the Wonders of ...

Sir Richard Phillips - 1830 - 728 pages
...an operation for, except reading and writing ; for he said he thought he could have no more pleasure in walking abroad than he had in the garden, which he could •do safely and readily. And even blindness, he observed, had this advantage, that he could go any where...
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The Cabinet of Curiosities; Or, Wonders of the World Displayed: Forming a ...

Curiosities and wonders - 1833 - 448 pages
...operation for, except reading and writing ; for, he said, he thought he could have no more pleasure in walking abroad than he had in the garden, which he could do safely and readily. And even blindness, he observed, had this advantage, that he could go any where...
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Über die Bildung der Gesichtsvorstellungen aus den Gesichtsempfindungen

G. Heermann - Ophthalmology - 1835 - 274 pages
...an operation for, except reading and writing; for he said, he thought he could have no more pleasure in walking abroad than he had in the garden, which he could do safely and readily. And even blindnefs (he observed) had this advantage, that he could go any where...
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Anecdotes of the Blind

Abram V. Courtney - Blind - 1835 - 60 pages
...little heuelit from seeing, excepting reading and writing, for he thought he could have no more pleasure in walking abroad than he had in the garden, which he could do with ease and salety. There was this advantage in heing hliiid, ho said, that he could go ahout much...
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Synopsis of Practical Perspective, Lineal and Aerial

Theodore Henry Fielding - Perspective - 1836 - 208 pages
...an operation for, except reading and writing ; for he said he thought he would have no more pleasure in walking abroad than he had in the garden, which he could do safely, and readily. And even blindness, he observed, had this advantage, that he could go any where...
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Essays ...

Richard Whately - Theology - 1837 - 426 pages
...an operation for, except reading and writing ; for he said he thought he could have no more pleasure in walking abroad than he had in the garden, which he could do very safely and readily. And even blindness, he observed, had this advantage, that he could go any...
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