| Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach - 1832 - 186 pages
...124 American hunter-nations may serve as instances. Besides his extraordinary equestrian talents, the extreme peculiarity, the almost preternatural acuteness...of his sensual perceptions, appeared particularly rein arkahle in Caspar Hauser, during his abode in Professor Dauiner's house. As to his sigh:, there... | |
| Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach - 1833 - 192 pages
...American hunter-nations may serve as in stances. Besides his extraordinary equestrian talents, the extreme peculiarity, the almost preternatural acuteness...first noticed, by remarking that at night he stepped everywhere with the greatest confidence ; and that, in dark places, he always refused a light when... | |
| Lemuel Whittlesey Belden - 1834 - 144 pages
...unquestioned credibility, show " the almost preternatural acuteness and intensity of his sensual perceptions." As to his sight, there existed in respect to him no...first noticed, by remarking that at night he stepped everywhere with the greatest confidence ; and that, in dark places, he always refused a light when... | |
| Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 pages
...appeared so remarkable and wonderful in him as to elicit the admiration and astonishment'' of all. As to his sight, there existed, in respect to him, no twilight, no night, no darkness. He revelled in an ocean of light. One unclouded day shone pBrpetually on his visual orb. He often looked... | |
| Reuben Dimond Mussey - 1862 - 398 pages
...these beautiful things." Of the almost preternatural acuteness of his senses, his biographer says: "As to his sight, there existed in respect to him...first noticed by remarking that at night he stepped everywhere with the greatest confidence; and that, in dark places, he always refused a light when it... | |
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