I will glance in illustration at these interesting cases:—from Zimmerman, of an insane woman of Zurich, who, “a few hours before her death, became perfectly sensible and wonderfully eloquent;”—from Dr. Perceval, of a female idiot, who, as she was dying of consumption, evinced the highest powers of intellect;—from Dr. Marshall, of the maniac, who became completely rational some hours previous to his dissolution;—and from Dr. Hancock, of the Quaker, who, from the condition of a drivelling idiot, became shortly before his death so completely rational, as to call his family together, and, as his spirit was passing from him, bestow on them with pathetic solemnity his last benediction. — from The Philosophy of Mystery by Walter Cooper Dendy
sir Camille replied and to correct his
“Really there is no occasion for it, sir,” Camille replied, and to correct his impertinence added: “I shall give a scene from La Duchesse Blue with Bressoré, and then three or four fragments. — from The Blue Duchess by Paul Bourget
she could read all too clearly how
As he dodged in and out, crouching always before the possible kick, she could read all too clearly how harassed he was with that fear. — from The Visioning: A Novel by Susan Glaspell
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