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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... O'er hills , o'er dales , o'er crags , o'er rocks they go . Motion slow and difficult . A needless Alexandrine ends the song , That , like a wounded snake , drags its slow length along . A rock torn from the brow of a mountain . Still ...
... O'er hills , o'er dales , o'er crags , o'er rocks they go . Motion slow and difficult . A needless Alexandrine ends the song , That , like a wounded snake , drags its slow length along . A rock torn from the brow of a mountain . Still ...
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... O'er death's dark gulf , and all its horrour hides ; Praise , the sweet exhalation of our joy , That joy exalts , and makes it sweeter still ; Pray'r ardent opens heaven , lets down a stream Of glory , on the consecrated hour Of man in ...
... O'er death's dark gulf , and all its horrour hides ; Praise , the sweet exhalation of our joy , That joy exalts , and makes it sweeter still ; Pray'r ardent opens heaven , lets down a stream Of glory , on the consecrated hour Of man in ...
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... o'er my temples drew Oblivion's veil . - The wat'ry deep , An object strange and new , 6. Before me rose : on the wide shore Observant as I stood , The gathering storms around me roar And heave the boiling flood . 7. Near and more near ...
... o'er my temples drew Oblivion's veil . - The wat'ry deep , An object strange and new , 6. Before me rose : on the wide shore Observant as I stood , The gathering storms around me roar And heave the boiling flood . 7. Near and more near ...
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... O'er scenes of future ill ? 16. Let faith suppress each rising fear , Each anxious doubt exclude : Thy Maker's will has plac'd thee here , A Maker wise and good ! 17. He to thy ev'ry trial knows Its just restraint to give ; Attentive to ...
... O'er scenes of future ill ? 16. Let faith suppress each rising fear , Each anxious doubt exclude : Thy Maker's will has plac'd thee here , A Maker wise and good ! 17. He to thy ev'ry trial knows Its just restraint to give ; Attentive to ...
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... o'er the dark her silver mantle threw . 2. When Adam thus to Eve : " Fair consort , th ' hour Of night , and all things now retir'd to rest , Mind us of like repose ; since God hath set Labour and rest , as day and night , to men ...
... o'er the dark her silver mantle threw . 2. When Adam thus to Eve : " Fair consort , th ' hour Of night , and all things now retir'd to rest , Mind us of like repose ; since God hath set Labour and rest , as day and night , to men ...
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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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