The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, from the Best Writers: Designed to Assist Young Persons to Read with Propriety and Effect Improve Their Language and Sentiments : and to Inculcate the Most Important Principles of Piety and Virtue : with a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good ReadingDescribes the wonders of light and optics, exploring such developments as lasers, fiber optics, and holography. |
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... the known and common track ; but remembering that the heat was now in its
greatest violence , and that the plain was dusty and uneven , he resolved to
pursue the new path , which he supposed only to make a few meanders , in
compliance ...
... the known and common track ; but remembering that the heat was now in its
greatest violence , and that the plain was dusty and uneven , he resolved to
pursue the new path , which he supposed only to make a few meanders , in
compliance ...
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Am I not related to them all , by the mutual aids of commerce , by the general
intercourse of arts and letters , by that common nature of which we all participate
? 6 . Again - 1 must have food and clothing . Without a proper genial warmth , I ...
Am I not related to them all , by the mutual aids of commerce , by the general
intercourse of arts and letters , by that common nature of which we all participate
? 6 . Again - 1 must have food and clothing . Without a proper genial warmth , I ...
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SECTION I . SHORT AND EASY SENTENCES . Education . ' Tis education forms
the common mind ; Just as the twig is bent , the tree ' s inclin ' d . Candour . With
pleasure let us own our errours past : And make each day a critick on the last .
SECTION I . SHORT AND EASY SENTENCES . Education . ' Tis education forms
the common mind ; Just as the twig is bent , the tree ' s inclin ' d . Candour . With
pleasure let us own our errours past : And make each day a critick on the last .
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How many pine in want , and dungeon glooms , Shut from the common air , and
common use Of their own limbs ! How many drink the cup Of baleful grief , or eat
the bitter bread Of misery ! Sore pierc ' d by wintry winds , How many shrink into ...
How many pine in want , and dungeon glooms , Shut from the common air , and
common use Of their own limbs ! How many drink the cup Of baleful grief , or eat
the bitter bread Of misery ! Sore pierc ' d by wintry winds , How many shrink into ...
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... All states can reach it , and all heads conceive ; Obvious her goods , in no
extreme they dwell ; There needs but thinking right , and meaning well And
mourn our various portions as we please , qual is common sense , and common
ease .
... All states can reach it , and all heads conceive ; Obvious her goods , in no
extreme they dwell ; There needs but thinking right , and meaning well And
mourn our various portions as we please , qual is common sense , and common
ease .
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