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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... number of persons , who have had proper opportunities of learn- ing to read , in the best manner it is now taught , very few could be selected , who , in a given instance , would use the inferiour emphasis alike , either as to place or ...
... number of persons , who have had proper opportunities of learn- ing to read , in the best manner it is now taught , very few could be selected , who , in a given instance , would use the inferiour emphasis alike , either as to place or ...
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... numbers , by omitting the final pause ; and degrade them , by our pronunciation , into mere prose ? At the same time that we attend to this pause , every appearance of sing - song and tone must be carefully guarded against . The close ...
... numbers , by omitting the final pause ; and degrade them , by our pronunciation , into mere prose ? At the same time that we attend to this pause , every appearance of sing - song and tone must be carefully guarded against . The close ...
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... number of frolick- some boys were one day watching frogs , at the side of a pond ; and that , as any of them put their heads above the water , they pelted them down again with stones . One of the frogs , appealing to the humanity of the ...
... number of frolick- some boys were one day watching frogs , at the side of a pond ; and that , as any of them put their heads above the water , they pelted them down again with stones . One of the frogs , appealing to the humanity of the ...
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... numbers she had imperceptibly loaded with her chains . 11. Indolence , ( for so she was called , ) far from proceeding to open hostilities , did not attempt to turn their feet out of the path , but contented herself with retarding their ...
... numbers she had imperceptibly loaded with her chains . 11. Indolence , ( for so she was called , ) far from proceeding to open hostilities , did not attempt to turn their feet out of the path , but contented herself with retarding their ...
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... numbers of low and corrupt exam- ples , which we behold around us ; and when we are in hazard of being swayed by such , let us fortify our virtue , by thinking of those , who in former times , shone like stars in the midst of surround ...
... numbers of low and corrupt exam- ples , which we behold around us ; and when we are in hazard of being swayed by such , let us fortify our virtue , by thinking of those , who in former times , shone like stars in the midst of surround ...
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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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