"Aphasy" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... write letters. In the summer of 1900, however, more serious symptoms appeared. Her memory, in whose strength and precision she had so long prided herself, now sometimes deserted her; there was a tendency towards aphasia; and, while no specific disease declared itself, by the autumn there were unmistakable signs of a general physical decay. Yet, even in these last months, the strain of iron held firm. The daily work continued; nay, it actually increased; for the Queen, with an astonishing pertinacity, ...
— Queen Victoria • Lytton Strachey
... didn't I?" returned David. "Don't I know them, the geese? We had to break in her door, and there she was sitting at her study-table, staring at her books and seeing nothing. She couldn't talk to us—had a temporary attack of severe aphasia, I suppose. Wickersham said he'd been anxious about her for weeks—she's been ...
— The Precipice • Elia Wilkinson Peattie |
