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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... pride 4. Lady Jane Grey 5. Ortogrul ; or the vanity of riches 6. The hill of science 7. The journey of a day ; a picture of human life CHAPTER III . Didactick Pieces . Sect . 1. The importance of a good education 4. Motives to the ...
... pride 4. Lady Jane Grey 5. Ortogrul ; or the vanity of riches 6. The hill of science 7. The journey of a day ; a picture of human life CHAPTER III . Didactick Pieces . Sect . 1. The importance of a good education 4. Motives to the ...
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... pride 157 4. Cruelty to brutes censured ib . 5. A paraphrase on the latter part of the 6th chapter of Matthew 158 6. The death of a good man a strong incentive to virtue 159 7. Reflections on a future state , from a review of winter ib ...
... pride 157 4. Cruelty to brutes censured ib . 5. A paraphrase on the latter part of the 6th chapter of Matthew 158 6. The death of a good man a strong incentive to virtue 159 7. Reflections on a future state , from a review of winter ib ...
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... guilt incurred by yielding to temptation , tends to debase the mind , and to weaken the generous and be- nevolent principles of human nature . 13. Luxury , pride , and vanity , have frequently 18 Part 1 . THE ENGLISH READER .
... guilt incurred by yielding to temptation , tends to debase the mind , and to weaken the generous and be- nevolent principles of human nature . 13. Luxury , pride , and vanity , have frequently 18 Part 1 . THE ENGLISH READER .
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... pride , and vanity , have frequently as much influ- ence in corrupting the sentiments of the great , as ignorance , bigot- ry , and prejudice , have in misleading the opinions of the multitude . 14. Mixed as the present state is ...
... pride , and vanity , have frequently as much influ- ence in corrupting the sentiments of the great , as ignorance , bigot- ry , and prejudice , have in misleading the opinions of the multitude . 14. Mixed as the present state is ...
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... Pride goeth before destruction ; and a haughty spirit before a fall . 5. Hear counsel , and receive instruction , that thou mayest be truly wise . 6. Faithful are the wounds of a friend ; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful . Open ...
... Pride goeth before destruction ; and a haughty spirit before a fall . 5. Hear counsel , and receive instruction , that thou mayest be truly wise . 6. Faithful are the wounds of a friend ; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful . Open ...
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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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