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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... sweet , but fading graces of inspiring au- tumn , open the mind to benevolence , and dispose it for contempla- tion , I was wandering in a beautiful and romantick country , till curiosity began to give way to weariness ; and I sat down ...
... sweet , but fading graces of inspiring au- tumn , open the mind to benevolence , and dispose it for contempla- tion , I was wandering in a beautiful and romantick country , till curiosity began to give way to weariness ; and I sat down ...
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... sweet- ened all the toils of life . 3. Where then can the soul find refuge , but in the bosom of Re- ligion ? There she is admitted to those prospects of Providence and futurity , which alone can warm and fill the heart . I speak here ...
... sweet- ened all the toils of life . 3. Where then can the soul find refuge , but in the bosom of Re- ligion ? There she is admitted to those prospects of Providence and futurity , which alone can warm and fill the heart . I speak here ...
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... sweet- ened all the toils of life . 3. Where then can the soul find refuge , but in the bosom of Re- ligion ? There she is admitted to those prospects of Providence and futurity , which alone can warm and fill the heart . I speak here ...
... sweet- ened all the toils of life . 3. Where then can the soul find refuge , but in the bosom of Re- ligion ? There she is admitted to those prospects of Providence and futurity , which alone can warm and fill the heart . I speak here ...
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... sweets extracted from them . He who has once tasted their excellences , will desire to taste them again ; and he ... sweet . SECTION Χ . Character of ALFRED , king of England . HORNE . 1. THE merit of this prince , both in private ...
... sweets extracted from them . He who has once tasted their excellences , will desire to taste them again ; and he ... sweet . SECTION Χ . Character of ALFRED , king of England . HORNE . 1. THE merit of this prince , both in private ...
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... sweet fragrance behind , grateful to the surviving friend , salutary to the succeeding generation . 13. With what capacity was he endowed ! with what advan- tages , for being greatly good ! But with the talents of an angel , a man may ...
... sweet fragrance behind , grateful to the surviving friend , salutary to the succeeding generation . 13. With what capacity was he endowed ! with what advan- tages , for being greatly good ! But with the talents of an angel , a man may ...
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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