"Sign language" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... branches. The Captain Lewis squad was here, too. The men had come down out of the mountains, by a pass, with the Snakes. The Snakes had been afraid of them—the first white men ever seen by the band. Old Drouillard the hunter had argued with them in the sign language and with a few Shoshoni words ...
— Boys' Book of Indian Warriors - and Heroic Indian Women • Edwin L. Sabin
... the means by which men and animals express their thoughts. Of language there are four kinds: vocal, pictured, written and sign language. ...
— The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals • William T. Hornaday
... at him, and surveyed him intently and critically, and then smiled, with the dimples showing, as much as to say that she understood him and approved of him entirely. Van Bibber answered this sign language by taking Madeline's hand in his and asking her how she liked being a great actress, and how soon she would begin to storm because that photographer hadn't sent the proofs. The young woman understood this, and deigned to smile at it, but Madeline ...
— Van Bibber and Others • Richard Harding Davis
... Average Jones. "Therefore, I'm a mute. A shock in early childhood paralyzed my centers of speech. I talk to you by sign language, and ...
— Average Jones • Samuel Hopkins Adams
... flowers had a language which we could understand, even if they did not talk out loud. The birds, too, have a language of their own, and they can express themselves better than the flowers, for they have a sign language, and are also able to make sounds. How much we enjoy hearing the birds sing, not only because they make beautiful music, but because they are telling us how ...
— Confidences - Talks With a Young Girl Concerning Herself • Edith B. Lowry |
