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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... perfection will find himself amply rewarded for every exertion he may think proper to make . To give rules for the management of the voice in reading , by which the ne- cessary pauses , emphasis , and tones , may be discovered and put ...
... perfection will find himself amply rewarded for every exertion he may think proper to make . To give rules for the management of the voice in reading , by which the ne- cessary pauses , emphasis , and tones , may be discovered and put ...
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... perfection , which , without such helps , are never able to make their appearance . 2. If my reader will give me leave to change the allusion so soon upon him , I shall make use of the same instance to illustrate the force of education ...
... perfection , which , without such helps , are never able to make their appearance . 2. If my reader will give me leave to change the allusion so soon upon him , I shall make use of the same instance to illustrate the force of education ...
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... perfection . 7. For , to return to our statue in the block of marble , we see it sometimes only begun to be chipped , sometimes rough hewn , and but just sketched into a human figure ; sometimes , we see the man appearing distinctly in ...
... perfection . 7. For , to return to our statue in the block of marble , we see it sometimes only begun to be chipped , sometimes rough hewn , and but just sketched into a human figure ; sometimes , we see the man appearing distinctly in ...
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... perfection of understanding , is impossible : he makes the nearest approaches to it , who has the sense to discern ... perfections of men being like those flowers which appear more beautiful , when their leaves are a 44 THE ENGLISH ...
... perfection of understanding , is impossible : he makes the nearest approaches to it , who has the sense to discern ... perfections of men being like those flowers which appear more beautiful , when their leaves are a 44 THE ENGLISH ...
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... perfection , which , without such helps , are never able to make their appearance . 2. If my reader will give me leave to change the allusion so soon upon him , I shall make use of the same instance to illustrate the force of education ...
... perfection , which , without such helps , are never able to make their appearance . 2. If my reader will give me leave to change the allusion so soon upon him , I shall make use of the same instance to illustrate the force of education ...
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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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ADDISON ages offend Ameri Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray Aristippus Aristotle attend beauty behold BLAIR blessing block of marble Caius Verres character comfort consider death delight Dioclesian distress divine dread earth enjoy enjoyments errours eternity ev'ry evil father folly forgiveness fortune give gratitude happiness Hazael heart heaven Heraclitus honour hope human indulge Jugurtha kind labours live look Lord mankind manner mercy Micipsa midst mind misery morning calls nature never night noble Numidia o'er ourselves pain passions pause peace perfection person Phidias philosopher pleasing pleasure plebeian possess pow'r praise Praxiteles pride proper publick Pythias reading reason religion render rest rich rise savage nations scene SECTION sense sentiments shade shine Sicily smiles sometimes sorrow soul sound spirit superiour sweet temper tempest thee things thou thought tion toil vanity vice virtue voice wisdom wise youth