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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In order to make us contented with our condition , many of the present
philosophers tell us , that our discontent only hurts ourselves , without being able
to make any alteration in our circumstances ; others , that whatever evil befalls us
is ...
In order to make us contented with our condition , many of the present
philosophers tell us , that our discontent only hurts ourselves , without being able
to make any alteration in our circumstances ; others , that whatever evil befalls us
is ...
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... us a smiling countenance , while he meditates evil against us in his heart . He
never praises us among our friends ; and then joins in traducing us among our
enemies . We shall never find one part of his character at variance with another .
... us a smiling countenance , while he meditates evil against us in his heart . He
never praises us among our friends ; and then joins in traducing us among our
enemies . We shall never find one part of his character at variance with another .
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Do evil ; " that temper , which , without degenerating into credulity , will dispose
us to be just ; and which can allow us to observe an errour , without imputing it as
a crime . Thus we shall be kept free from that continual irritation , which imaginary
...
Do evil ; " that temper , which , without degenerating into credulity , will dispose
us to be just ; and which can allow us to observe an errour , without imputing it as
a crime . Thus we shall be kept free from that continual irritation , which imaginary
...
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Smiling , very often , is the aspect , and smooth are the words , of those who
inwardly are the most ready to think evil of others . That candour which is a
Christian virtue , consists , not in fairness of speech , but in fairness of heart . 2 . It
may want ...
Smiling , very often , is the aspect , and smooth are the words , of those who
inwardly are the most ready to think evil of others . That candour which is a
Christian virtue , consists , not in fairness of speech , but in fairness of heart . 2 . It
may want ...
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Yet this is found to be an evil still more general than the former . Some may be so
fortunate as to attain what they have pursued ; but none are rendered completely
happy by what they have attained . 8 . Disappointed hope is misery ; and yet ...
Yet this is found to be an evil still more general than the former . Some may be so
fortunate as to attain what they have pursued ; but none are rendered completely
happy by what they have attained . 8 . Disappointed hope is misery ; and yet ...
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| Título | 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 ... Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood |
| Autor | Lindley Murray |
| Compilado por | Lindley Murray |
| Editor | R. Pew, 1830 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 14 Mar 2008 |
| Largo | 204 páginas |
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