He succeeded in turning himself into a literary deaf-mute. From Wordnik.com. [Suspended in literary amber] Reference
They were told that the pension grant of the deaf-mute man. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
And this one here, her husband, Simon, e's like a deaf-mute. From Wordnik.com. [the secret sense]
His voice was harsh and ill-toned, like that of a deaf-mute. From Wordnik.com. [More Than Human]
Then the orator arrives, and turns out to be ... a deaf-mute. From Wordnik.com. [Highbrow Fun in the Sunshine State] Reference
In all cases it was the deaf-mute from birth who suffered most. From Wordnik.com. [The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States] Reference
He knew, of course, that Anna's youngest sister was a deaf-mute. From Wordnik.com. [Heartless]
A deaf-mute boy tells me that he saw two dogs fighting yesterday. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876] Reference
Sicard speaks of Sister Simplice in a letter to the deaf-mute Massieu. From Wordnik.com. [Les Miserables] Reference
Then, looking up with the expression of a deaf-mute, he asked colorlessly. From Wordnik.com. [Hepsey Burke] Reference
I had seen deaf-mute talk before, but never executed so swiftly and gracefully. From Wordnik.com. [Sick Cycle Carousel] Reference
By this plan Maine is said to have been without a deaf-mute pauper in ten years. From Wordnik.com. [The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States] Reference
A story of a missing deaf-mute girl would bring in newspapermen in a day or two. From Wordnik.com. [Way Station]
The story follows Ryu, a deaf-mute, as he tries to find a kidney for his ailing sister. From Wordnik.com. [‘Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance’ Remake Is Coming From Warner Bros. » MTV Movies Blog] Reference
Look at the way he ` s running from place to place and living as a hobo and a deaf-mute. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 15, 2005] Reference
At one point, while I was cooking, I decided you should be deaf-mute, but changed my mind. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Mountain]
For if she were not taken, there would be a massive hunt for her, a lost girl-a beautiful deaf-mute. From Wordnik.com. [Way Station]
He felt a flutter of examination nerves and said, "It was something about a deaf-mute bloke in America.". From Wordnik.com. [Cal]
Others, like Mahan, can turn a cooperative witness for the government into a deaf-mute in about one minute. From Wordnik.com. [Will]
There was something about her attitude that gave me the impression that she was afflicted, perhaps deaf-mute. From Wordnik.com. [The Striker Portfolio]
When he made deaf-mute signs as he finished I knew the speech was for other consumption even if it was factual. From Wordnik.com. [She Is The Darkness]
It was probably deaf-mute slobber, but man ... sometimes it's hard to tell the difference between the two, y'know?. From Wordnik.com. [unclebob Diary Entry] Reference
He had the withered features and vacant stare of a deaf-mute, and the priest-king handed the golden mallet to him. From Wordnik.com. [The Moon of Skulls]
In the same center I noticed tiny Marina, a deaf-mute, who was abandoned at seven in the southern region of Bolivia. From Wordnik.com. [Dayle Haddon: My Trip to Bolivia] Reference
Dr. Charles Hodge in his "Lectures on Theology" has given us an imaginary picture of Laura Bridgman, the famous deaf-mute. From Wordnik.com. [And Judas Iscariot Together with other evangelistic addresses] Reference
But now, during these days of real Acquaintance with living creatures, he had come to feel more and nwre like a deaf-mute. From Wordnik.com. [The Earth Book of Stormgate]
With these tremendous odds against him the deaf-mute child is set to the task of acquiring a knowledge of written language. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876] Reference
He had sent for the other sister, too, the deaf-mute, knowing that Anna was fretting about being away from her for so long. From Wordnik.com. [Heartless]
His jaw had been shattered, leaving him with a strangled voice, "like that of a deaf-mute," as one former associate put it. From Wordnik.com. [A Note From Luis Posada] Reference
Swann remained silent as a deaf-mute which was in a way a confirmation of what she had said, and a proof of his own fatuity. From Wordnik.com. [Within a Budding Grove] Reference
Hence, the deaf-mute child of eight or ten years of age often appears as bright and intelligent as his more favored playmate. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876] Reference
The smell of burning juniper floated through the air, together with the murmurings of prayers and the grunts of the deaf-mute. From Wordnik.com. [Selected Polish Tales] Reference
Albert the Devil was another alarmer - a deaf-mute beggar with a black beetle's body, short legs, and a mouth like a puppet's. From Wordnik.com. [Cider With Rosie]
Of all the gin joints in all the towns of the world, we had picked the one bar on earth where the talking girl was a deaf-mute. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-10-01] Reference
At once we rid the world of the potential inefficients -- the feeble-minded, the insane, the criminal, the deaf-mute, the drunkard. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Volume I. (of IV.) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
It was in 1810, however, and in the city of New York that the real beginning of deaf-mute education in the United States was marked. From Wordnik.com. [The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States] Reference
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