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 páginas Describes the wonders of light and optics, exploring such developments as lasers, fiber optics, and holography. |
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... equal age with king Edward VI . she had received all her education with him , and seemed even to possess a greater facility in acquiring every part of manly and classical literature . 4. She had attained a knowledge of the Roman and ...
... equal age with king Edward VI . she had received all her education with him , and seemed even to possess a greater facility in acquiring every part of manly and classical literature . 4. She had attained a knowledge of the Roman and ...
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... equal in sumptuousness to that of the vizier , to which he invited all the ministers of pleasure , expecting to enjoy all the felicity which he had imagined riches able to afford . Leisure soon made him weary of himself , and he longed ...
... equal in sumptuousness to that of the vizier , to which he invited all the ministers of pleasure , expecting to enjoy all the felicity which he had imagined riches able to afford . Leisure soon made him weary of himself , and he longed ...
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... equal , and uninterrupted steadiness ; for , besides the difficulties of the way , they were continually solicited to turn aside , by a numerous crowd of appetites , passions , and pleasures , whose importunity , when once complied with ...
... equal , and uninterrupted steadiness ; for , besides the difficulties of the way , they were continually solicited to turn aside , by a numerous crowd of appetites , passions , and pleasures , whose importunity , when once complied with ...
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... equal to the torment he creates to himself , by means of the fierce and desperate passions which he allows to rage in his soul . 4. Those evil spirits who inhabit the regions of misery , are rep- resented as delighting in revenge and ...
... equal to the torment he creates to himself , by means of the fierce and desperate passions which he allows to rage in his soul . 4. Those evil spirits who inhabit the regions of misery , are rep- resented as delighting in revenge and ...
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... equal to the torment he creates to himself , by means of the fierce and desperate passions which he allows to rage in his soul . 4. Those evil spirits who inhabit the regions of misery , are rep- resented as delighting in revenge and ...
... equal to the torment he creates to himself , by means of the fierce and desperate passions which he allows to rage in his soul . 4. Those evil spirits who inhabit the regions of misery , are rep- resented as delighting in revenge and ...
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