She now lives somewhere at Camberwell, and though sand-blind, keeps a sixpenny school for little boys and girls of the lower orders. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Punch`s history of modern England, Volume I -- 1841-1857] Reference
No wonder than we attracted customers, for our sign was the prettiest ye ever saw, though the jacket was not just so neatly painted, as for some sand-blind creatures not to take it for a goose. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith] Reference
He was a straught, tall, old man, with a shining bellpow, and reverend white locks hanging down about his haffets; a Roman nose, and two cheeks blooming through the winter of his long age like roses, when, poor body, he was sand-blind with infirmity. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself] Reference
He was a straught, tall, old man, with a shining bell-pow, and reverend white locks hanging down about his haffets; a Roman nose, and two cheeks blooming through the winter of his long age like roses, when, poor body, he was sand-blind with infirmity. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith] Reference
"In the course of time, Widow Amos became frail and sand-blind. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith] Reference
Go in looking as pretty as that, and Mr. Squeers will graciously accept your services, unless he's sand-blind. ". From Wordnik.com. [We Two, a novel] Reference
Alack, sir, I am sand-blind; I know you not. From Wordnik.com. [The Merchant of Venice] Reference
I am sand-blind. From Wordnik.com. [Shakspere, Personal Recollections] Reference
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