"Stone-deaf" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Hamage, "it is certainly a curious reversal, but not so complete as you fancy. By the new improvements in the intensifier, it is expected to enable all, except the stone-deaf, to enjoy the phonograph, even when connected, as on railroad trains, with a common telephonic wire. The stone-deaf will of course be dependent upon printed books prepared for their benefit, as raised-letter books used ...
— With The Eyes Shut - 1898 • Edward Bellamy
... I said, "all the infirmities of the world are come out against us. The man with one leg—the stone-deaf man. What ...
— Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 9, 1914 • Various
... discriminating hearing; and the ear,[4] as Saint-Saens says, is the sole avenue of approach to the musical sense. The first ambition for one who would appreciate music should be to cultivate this power of hearing. It is quite possible to be stone-deaf outwardly and yet hear most beautiful sounds within the brain. This was approximately the case with Beethoven after his thirtieth year. On the other hand, many people have a perfect outward apparatus for hearing ...
— Music: An Art and a Language • Walter Raymond Spalding
... funny old hunchback, a hundred years old at least, and stone-deaf, who took care of the gondola, spending the whole day, waiting for his master, washing the trim, graceful, blue-black boat, arranging the awning with the white cords and tassels, and polishing ...
— The Mintage • Elbert Hubbard
... Being stone-deaf, Cousin Amy Dawes took no part in conversation except what she herself could contribute. She was a dignified woman who had the air of being hewn in granite. There was nothing soft about her but three detachable corkscrew ...
— The Side Of The Angels - A Novel • Basil King
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