 | Dugald Stewart - 1827 - 414 páginas
...serre'e par la main de'signoit la cessation de vie." — Monde Primitif, Tome HI. pp. 106, 107. 3. " Combat. — The clenched hands are held about as high...each hand are " suffered to spring from the thumb toward each other, as " in the act of sprinkling water, to represent the flight of mis" siles." These... | |
 | Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1828 - 584 páginas
...inclined for a moment upon the hand. As many times «n this is repeated so m/my nights are indicated. (3) COMBAT.. The clenched hands are held about as high...advances and retreats of the combatants ; after which the ringers of each hand are suffered to spring from the thumb towards each other, as in the act of sprinkling... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 524 páginas
...west, to indicate the lapse of a day, and precedes the motion." 3. " Combat. — The clenched hands aje held about as high as the neck, and five or six inches...of each hand are suffered to spring from the thumb toward each other, as in the act of sprinkling water, to represent the flight of missiles." * Account... | |
 | Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1831 - 544 páginas
...is the sign for the same^fng7^nTchis"gTtt^ erally found to be adopted by deaf and dumb persons. (3) COMBAT. The clenched hands are held about as high...act of sprinkling water, to represent the flight of the missile weapons, which are used by them. (4) PRISONER. The forefinger and thumb of the left hand... | |
 | Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1837 - 510 páginas
...is the sign for the same thing, which is generally found to be adopted by deaf and dumb persons. (3) COMBAT. The clenched hands are held about as high...act of sprinkling water, to represent the flight of the missile weapons, which are used by them. (4) PRISONER. The forefinger and thumb of the left hand... | |
 | Thomas C. Upham - 1841 - 496 páginas
...thing which is generally found to be adopted by deaf and dumb persons. — (3.) COMBAT. The clinched hands are held about as high as the neck, and five...act of sprinkling water, to represent the flight of the missile weapons which are used by them. — (4.) PRISONER. The forefinger and thumb of the left... | |
 | Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1841 - 512 páginas
...thing which is generally found to be adopted by deaf and dumb persons. — (3.) COMBAT. The clinched hands are held about as high as the neck, and five...act of sprinkling water, to represent the flight of the missile weapons which are used by them. — (4.) PRISONER. The forefinger and thumb of the left... | |
 | Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1845 - 488 páginas
...thing which is generally found to be adopted by deaf and dumb persons. — (3.) COMBAT. The clinched hands are held about as high as the neck, and five...act of sprinkling water, to represent the flight of the missile weapons which are used by them. — (4.) PRISONER. The forefinger and thumb of the left... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1854 - 448 páginas
...high as the neck, and five or six inches asunder, then waved two or three times laterally, to shew the advances and retreats of the combatants ; after...sprinkling water, to represent the flight of missiles." These facts seem to me to be not only curious, but to form a new and not unimportant accession to the... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1854 - 452 páginas
...over the heavens, from east to west, to indicate the lapse of a day, and precedes the motion." 3. " Combat. — The clenched hands are held about as high...asunder, then waved two or three times laterally, to shew the advances and retreats of the combatants ; after which the fingers of each hand are suffered... | |
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Combat — The clenched hands are held about as high as the neck, and five or six inches asunder, then waved two or three times laterally, to show the advances and retreats of the combatants; after which the fingers of each hand are suffered to spring... 
