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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... thought , is wholly a natural talent . It is , in a good mea- sure , the gift of nature ; but it may receive considerable assistance from art . Much depends , for this purpose , on the proper pitch and management of the voice . Every ...
... thought , is wholly a natural talent . It is , in a good mea- sure , the gift of nature ; but it may receive considerable assistance from art . Much depends , for this purpose , on the proper pitch and management of the voice . Every ...
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... thoughts 6. On the evils which flow from unrestrained passions 7. On the proper state of our temper with respect to one another 8. Excellence of the Holy Scriptures 9. Reflections occasioned by a review of the blessings pronounced by ...
... thoughts 6. On the evils which flow from unrestrained passions 7. On the proper state of our temper with respect to one another 8. Excellence of the Holy Scriptures 9. Reflections occasioned by a review of the blessings pronounced by ...
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... thought of acquiring any advantage by his prejudice . 15. Man , always prosperous , would be giddy and insolent ; al- ways afflicted , would be sullen or despondent . Hopes and fears , joy and sorrow , are , therefore , so blended in ...
... thought of acquiring any advantage by his prejudice . 15. Man , always prosperous , would be giddy and insolent ; al- ways afflicted , would be sullen or despondent . Hopes and fears , joy and sorrow , are , therefore , so blended in ...
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... thought . About what are we now busied ? What is the ultimate scope of our present pursuits and cares ? Can we justify them to ourselves ? Are they likely to produce any thing that will survive the moment , and bring forth some fruit ...
... thought . About what are we now busied ? What is the ultimate scope of our present pursuits and cares ? Can we justify them to ourselves ? Are they likely to produce any thing that will survive the moment , and bring forth some fruit ...
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... thought most proper for boys to learn , " answered , " Those which they ought to practise when they come to be men . " A wiser than Agesilaus has inculcated the same sentiment : " Train up a child in the way he should go , and when he ...
... thought most proper for boys to learn , " answered , " Those which they ought to practise when they come to be men . " A wiser than Agesilaus has inculcated the same sentiment : " Train up a child in the way he should go , and when he ...
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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