The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best Writers. Designed to Assist Young Persons to Read with Propriety and Effect, to Improve Their Language and Sentiments; and to Inclucate Some of the Most Important Principles of Piety and Virtue. With a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good ReadingDurrie & Peck, 1830 - 204 pages Describes the wonders of light and optics, exploring such developments as lasers, fiber optics, and holography. |
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... minds . * The Compiler has been careful to avoid every expression and sentiment , that might gratify a corrupt mind , or , in the least de- gree , offend the eye or ear of innocence . This he conceives to be peculiarly incumbent on ...
... minds . * The Compiler has been careful to avoid every expression and sentiment , that might gratify a corrupt mind , or , in the least de- gree , offend the eye or ear of innocence . This he conceives to be peculiarly incumbent on ...
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... mind , in communicating its ideas , is in a constant state of activity , emotion , or agitation , from the different effects which those ideas produce in the speaker . Now the end of such communication being , not merely to lay open the ...
... mind , in communicating its ideas , is in a constant state of activity , emotion , or agitation , from the different effects which those ideas produce in the speaker . Now the end of such communication being , not merely to lay open the ...
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... mind : he who follows the pleasures of it , which are in their very nature disappointing , is in constant search of care ' , solicitude ' , remorse ' , and confusion ' . " 19 " To advise the ignorant ' , relieve the needy ' , comfort ...
... mind : he who follows the pleasures of it , which are in their very nature disappointing , is in constant search of care ' , solicitude ' , remorse ' , and confusion ' . " 19 " To advise the ignorant ' , relieve the needy ' , comfort ...
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... mind : he who follows the pleasures of it , which are in their very nature disappointing , is in constant search of care ' , solicitude ' , remorse ' , and confusion ' . " " To advise the ignorant ' , relieve the needy ' , comfort the ...
... mind : he who follows the pleasures of it , which are in their very nature disappointing , is in constant search of care ' , solicitude ' , remorse ' , and confusion ' . " " To advise the ignorant ' , relieve the needy ' , comfort the ...
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... mind : he who follows the pleasures of it , which are in their very nature disappointing , is in constant search of care ' , solicitude ' , remorse ' , and confusion . " " To advise the ignorant ' , relieve the needy ' , comfort the ...
... mind : he who follows the pleasures of it , which are in their very nature disappointing , is in constant search of care ' , solicitude ' , remorse ' , and confusion . " " To advise the ignorant ' , relieve the needy ' , comfort the ...
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ... Lindley Murray Affichage du livre entier - 1830 |
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