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Cold age deafs not there our ears, nor vapour dims our eyes;
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And, flutt'ring round his temples, deafs his ears:
The Aeneid English 70 BC-19 BC Virgil
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This seemed piteous to us, and made us reflect how happy are _our_ blinds, to say nothing of our deafs and dumbs.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 Various
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And, fluttring round his temples, deafs his ears: 130
The Seventh Book of the Aeneis Vergil 1909
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Cold age deafs not there our ears nor vapour dims our eyes:
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That blunts thy sense, and dulls thy taste; that deafs thine ears, and blinds thine eyes;
The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi Richard Francis Burton 1855
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Stench well-nigh choked them, noise deafs their ears,
Jerusalem Delivered Torquato Tasso 1569
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Many deafs also have an understanding of music different then hearing people.
AllDeaf.com 2009
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I started this thread as deaf only because I want to hear from deafs.
AllDeaf.com 2009
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Many deafs also have an understanding of music different then hearing people.
AllDeaf.com 2009
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