There is the same type of antithesis in both cases; for just as blindness is opposed to sight, so is being blind opposed to having sight. Then he arose, shook the flashing blindness from his eyes, and took hold of the boat.
Beaumont, Texas. Beaumont (/ËboÊmÉnt/ BOH-mont) is a city in and the county seat of Jefferson County, Texas in the United States, within the BeaumontâPort Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area.
As of the 2000 census, the city population was 18,643. It is the county seat of Orange County, and is the easternmost city in Texas. Located on the Sabine River at the border with Louisiana, it is part of the BeaumontâPort Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area.