 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. Suddenly I felt a misty consciousness as of something forgotten—...  Reading Nonfiction 1 - Page 13by Stephen Feinstein - 2001 - 111 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Thomas B. Gould - Christianity - 1903 - 128 pages
...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 fixed upon...her fingers. Suddenly I felt a misty consciousness of something forgotten — a thrill of returning thought; and somehow the mystery of language was revealed... | |
 | Education - 1909 - 558 pages
...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 whole attention fixed upon the motion of her fingers. Suddenly I felt a misty consciousness as of something forgotten — a thrill... | |
 | James William Searson, George Ellsworth Martin - Readers - 1911 - 384 pages
...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 motion of her fingers. Suddenly I felt a misty consciousness as of something forgotten — a thrill... | |
 | A. M. Williams - Education - 1912 - 250 pages
...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...something forgotten — a thrill of returning thought ; and somehow the mystery of language was revealed to me. I knew then that " w — a — t — e —... | |
 | Augustus Hill Kelley - Readers - 1914 - 472 pages
...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...something forgotten — a thrill of returning thought; and somehow the mystery of language was revealed to me. I knew then that "water" meant the wonderful... | |
 | Henry Herbert Goddard - Psychology - 1919 - 456 pages
...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...as of something forgotten — a thrill of returning thot; and somehow the mystery of language was revealed to me. I knew then that 'water' meant the wonderful... | |
 | Henry Herbert Goddard - 1919 - 458 pages
...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...Suddenly I felt a misty consciousness as of something forgotten—a thrill of returning thot; and somehow the mystery of language was revealed to me. I knew... | |
 | Emma Miller Bolenius - English language - 1921 - 444 pages
...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 motion of her fingers. Suddenly I felt a misty consciousness as of something forgotten — a thrill... | |
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