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God wrought three miracles through Patrick in this place viz., the fountain of water through the ground, his eyesight to the blind man, and his reading the ordo of the baptism without knowing a letter up to that time. And Patrick was subsequently baptized.
Even now, when everybody is complaining of the dearness of labour, and the insufferable independence of the working class, a piece of fine lace, we are told, consumes the labour of seven persons, each employed on a distinct portion of the work; and the thread, of exquisite fineness, is spun in dark rooms underground, not without injury, we may suppose, to the eyesight or health of those employed.
An officious neighbor grabbed away the paper when Ward made a sign as though to tuck it into his pocket. "I'll read it," said the neighbor. "Mebbe my eyesight is better'n yourn." Then he read, in shrill tones: "NOTICE TO BACHELORS "Unmarried maiden lady, smart and good-looking, desires good husband.
I thought so then, by the railroad side in Pennsylvania, and I have thought so a dozen times since in far distant parts of the continent. If it be an illusion it is one very deeply rooted, and in which my eyesight is accomplice.
Thus, in the present case, Jeffrey was clean shaved, had bad eyesight, wore spectacles and stooped as he walked; John wore a beard and moustache, had good eyesight, did not wear spectacles and had a brisk gait and upright carriage.
After many long weary wanderings he found refuge in the hut of a poor fisherman and hired out to work for him. The king's eyesight was restored immediately when he had bathed his eyes in the water from the fountain of Giantland. The two princes were given all the honors of the kingdom. The whole kingdom, however, mourned the loss of the little prince.
So far as I was concerned, for instance, I adapted myself to the new life without any trouble at all, responding to the unusual demands upon me automatically, as it were. My rather impaired eyesight improved in the open, with only wide distances to look at. I found that my muscles served me better than ever before.
Three police patrol-wagons were moving about the yard, filled with unwilling passengers, who sat or stood, packed together like sheep, and with no protection from the sleet and rain. Gallegher stole off into a dark corner, and watched the scene until his eyesight became familiar with the position of the land.
I think it must take an exceptionally good eyesight to discern sunshine on the slopes of sickness. If I were traveling that route, I am convinced I should find it led me through dark valleys and over stony pathways with storm clouds and thunders and lightnings smashing all around my head. "You admonished me to talk about myself and leave you alone.
"In the first place, we find him committing a secret crime from which John Blackmore alone will benefit. This suggests the <i>prima-facie</i> probability that he was John Blackmore. "Then we find that he was a man of normal eyesight who was wearing spectacles for the purpose of disguise.
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