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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... friend exaggerates a man's virtues ; an enemy , his crimes . " " The wise man is happy , when he gains his own approbation ; the fool , when he gains that of others . " The superiour emphasis , in reading as in speaking , must be ...
... friend exaggerates a man's virtues ; an enemy , his crimes . " " The wise man is happy , when he gains his own approbation ; the fool , when he gains that of others . " The superiour emphasis , in reading as in speaking , must be ...
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... friends had been slain must be expressed in a note quite different from the two former ; not so low as the first , nor so high as the second , in a manly , firm , and yet plaintive tone . The correct and natural language of the emotions ...
... friends had been slain must be expressed in a note quite different from the two former ; not so low as the first , nor so high as the second , in a manly , firm , and yet plaintive tone . The correct and natural language of the emotions ...
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... friendship 6. On the immortality of the soul Sect . 1. The seasons . CHAPTER V. Descriptive Pieces . 2 The cataract of Niagara , in Canada , North America 3. The grotto of Antiparos 4. The grotto of Antiparos , continued 5. Earthquake ...
... friendship 6. On the immortality of the soul Sect . 1. The seasons . CHAPTER V. Descriptive Pieces . 2 The cataract of Niagara , in Canada , North America 3. The grotto of Antiparos 4. The grotto of Antiparos , continued 5. Earthquake ...
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... friend . Be faithful to his interests . Forsake him not in danger . Abhor the thought of acquiring any advantage by his ... friends of goodness . 8. Genuine virtue has a language that speaks to every heart throughout the world . It is a ...
... friend . Be faithful to his interests . Forsake him not in danger . Abhor the thought of acquiring any advantage by his ... friends of goodness . 8. Genuine virtue has a language that speaks to every heart throughout the world . It is a ...
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... friends , if what you recollect with most pleasure , are not the innocent , the virtuous , the honourable parts of your past life . 9. The present employment of time should frequently be an object of thought . About what are we now ...
... friends , if what you recollect with most pleasure , are not the innocent , the virtuous , the honourable parts of your past life . 9. The present employment of time should frequently be an object of thought . About what are we now ...
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ADDISON ages offend amidst Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray Aristippus Aristotle attend beauty behold BLAIR blessing block of marble cæsural pause Caius Verres character comfort death delightful Dioclesian distress divine dread earth enjoy enjoyments envy errours eternity ev'ry evil falling inflection father folly give gratitude happiness Hazael heart heaven Heraclitus honour hope human indulge judgement Jugurtha kind labours live look Lord mankind manner mercy Micipsa mind misery misfortunes morning calls nature never numbers Numidia o'er ourselves pain passions peace perfection perly person Phidias philosopher pleasing pleasure possess pow'r praise Praxiteles pride proper publick Pythias reading reason religion render rest rich rising savage nations scene SECTION sense sentence sentiments shade shine Sicily smiles sometimes sorrow soul sound spirit superiour sweet temper tempest thee things thou thought tion vanity verse vice virtue voice wisdom wise youth