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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They who have nothing to give , can often afford relief to others , by imparting
what they feel . 23 , Our ignorance of what is to come , and of what is really good
or evil , should correct anxiety about wordly success . 24 . The veil which covers ...
They who have nothing to give , can often afford relief to others , by imparting
what they feel . 23 , Our ignorance of what is to come , and of what is really good
or evil , should correct anxiety about wordly success . 24 . The veil which covers ...
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It is native feel . ing , heightened and improved by principle . It is the heart which
easily relents ; which feels for every thing that is human ; and is backward and
slow to inflict the least wound . 10 . It is affable in its address , and mild in its ...
It is native feel . ing , heightened and improved by principle . It is the heart which
easily relents ; which feels for every thing that is human ; and is backward and
slow to inflict the least wound . 10 . It is affable in its address , and mild in its ...
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And that , which thus triumphs within the jaws of immortality , is , doubtless ,
immortal - And , as for a Deity , nothing less than an Almighty could inflict what I
feel . ” 7 . I was about to congratulate this passive , involuntary confessor , on his
...
And that , which thus triumphs within the jaws of immortality , is , doubtless ,
immortal - And , as for a Deity , nothing less than an Almighty could inflict what I
feel . ” 7 . I was about to congratulate this passive , involuntary confessor , on his
...
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He that holds fast the golden mean , And lives contentedly between The little and
the great , Feels not the wants that pinch the poor , Nor plagues that haunt the
rich man ' s door , Imbitt ' ring all his state . The tallest pines feel most the pow ' r
Of ...
He that holds fast the golden mean , And lives contentedly between The little and
the great , Feels not the wants that pinch the poor , Nor plagues that haunt the
rich man ' s door , Imbitt ' ring all his state . The tallest pines feel most the pow ' r
Of ...
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... yet when eventide was ended , Began to feel , as well he might , The keen
demands of appetite ; When , looking eagerly around , He spied far off , upon the
ground , A something shining in the dark , And knew the glow - worm by his spark
.
... yet when eventide was ended , Began to feel , as well he might , The keen
demands of appetite ; When , looking eagerly around , He spied far off , upon the
ground , A something shining in the dark , And knew the glow - worm by his spark
.
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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 | 252 páginas |
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