...our humility. Thus in the case of the boy born blind, and couched by Mr. Cheselden, we read, that " Before he was couched, he expected little advantage...operation for, except reading and writing; for he said he thought he could have no more pleasure in walking abroad, than he had in the garden, which...

...surprised, asking how it could be that a large face could be expressed in so little room. The room he Avas in, he said, he knew to be but part of the house ;...not conceive that the whole house could look bigger. A year after his first seeing, being carried to Epsom Downs, and observing a large prospect, he was...

...those first seen he conceived less, never " being able to imagine any lines beyond the bounds he " saw. The room he was in, he said, he knew to be but...house, yet he could not conceive that the " whole house would look bigger. " Though we say of this gentleman that he was blind, " as we do of all people who...

...larger, those first seen he conceived less, never being able to imagine any lines beyond the bounds he saw: the room he was in, he said, he knew to be but...conceive that the whole house could look bigger." A much more interesting case, in many respects, than this, which has always appeared to us too poetical,...

...was vastly surprised, asking how it could be that a large face could be expressed in so little room. The room he was in, he said, he knew to be but part...not conceive that the whole house could look bigger. A year after his first seeing, being carried to Epsom Downs, and observing a large prospect, he was...

...larger, those first seen he conceived less, never being able to imagine any lines beyond the bounds he saw ; the room he was in, he said, he knew to be but...operation for, except reading and writing ; for he said he thought he could have no more pleasure in walking abroad than he had in the garden, which he...

...conceived less, never being able to imagine any lines beyond the bounds he saw ; the room he was in, ho said, he knew to be but part of the house, yet he could not conceive that the whole house could look any bigger. " When couched of his other eye, he says that objects at first appeared large to this eye,...

...larger, those first seen he conceived less, never being able to imagine any lines beyond the bounds he saw : the room he was in, he said, he knew to be but...conceive that the whole house could look bigger." A much more interesting case, in many respects, than this, which has always appeared to us too poetical,...

...imagine any dimensions beyond those immediately in view, and though he knew the room he was in was only a part of the house, yet he could not conceive that the whole house could look bigger than the room did. He said his principal reason for submitting to be couched was, " that he might be...

...humility. Thus, in the case of the boy born blind and couched by Mr. Cheselden, we read that, — " Before he was couched he expected little advantage...operation for, except reading and writing ; for he said, he thought he could have no more pleasure in walking abroad than he had in the garden, which...