Philocophus, or, The deafe and dumbe mans friend exhibiting the philosophicall verity of that subtile art, which may inable one with an observant eie, to heare what any man speaks by the moving of his lips : upon the same ground ... that a man borne deafe and dumbe, may be taught to heare the sound of words with his eie, & thence learne to speake with his tongue / by I.B., sirnamed the Chirosopher.

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Philocophus, or, The deafe and dumbe mans friend exhibiting the philosophicall verity of that subtile art, which may inable one with an observant eie, to heare what any man speaks by the moving of his lips : upon the same ground ... that a man borne deafe and dumbe, may be taught to heare the sound of words with his eie, & thence learne to speake with his tongue / by I.B., sirnamed the Chirosopher.
Author
J. B. (John Bulwer), fl. 1648-1654.
Publication
London :: Printed for Humphrey Moseley ...,
1648.
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Subject terms
Deafness -- Early works to 1800.
Deaf -- Means of communication -- Early works to 1800.
Deaf -- Education -- Early works to 1800.
Lipreading -- Early works to 1800.
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"Philocophus, or, The deafe and dumbe mans friend exhibiting the philosophicall verity of that subtile art, which may inable one with an observant eie, to heare what any man speaks by the moving of his lips : upon the same ground ... that a man borne deafe and dumbe, may be taught to heare the sound of words with his eie, & thence learne to speake with his tongue / by I.B., sirnamed the Chirosopher." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A30108.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 2, 2024.

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Observation. IX.

THat strange patience, Constancy, and paines was required to the effecting of this worke, any one would imagin, since great matters are not soone atchie∣ved; it seemes it was after some yeares, before he who for his undertaking of it

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was laughed at, was looked upon as if he had wrought a miracle: which is no disparagement to this Art 〈◊〉〈◊〉 speech is not attained by 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ut with many difficulties, and 〈◊〉〈◊〉, after some yeares; and, even wr••••••ng which is but the image of speeck, here it can be learnt in any perfection by them who have all their senses, usually takes up many of our youthfull yeares.

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