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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To give rules for the management of the voice in reading , by which the
necessary pauses , emphasis , and tones , may be discovered and put in practice
, 18 not possible . After all the directions that can be offered on these points ,
much will ...
To give rules for the management of the voice in reading , by which the
necessary pauses , emphasis , and tones , may be discovered and put in practice
, 18 not possible . After all the directions that can be offered on these points ,
much will ...
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Such a pronunciation gives weight and dignity to the subject . It is a great ... Now ,
after we have learn - - ed the proper seats of these accents , it is an important rule
, to give every word just the same accent in reading , as in common discourse .
Such a pronunciation gives weight and dignity to the subject . It is a great ... Now ,
after we have learn - - ed the proper seats of these accents , it is an important rule
, to give every word just the same accent in reading , as in common discourse .
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Let a man ' s estate be what it may , he is a poor man , if he does not live within it ;
and naturally sets himself to sale to any one that can give him his price . 9 . When
Pittacus , after the death of his brother , who had left him a good estate , was ...
Let a man ' s estate be what it may , he is a poor man , if he does not live within it ;
and naturally sets himself to sale to any one that can give him his price . 9 . When
Pittacus , after the death of his brother , who had left him a good estate , was ...
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It gives up no important truth from tiattery . It is indeed not only consistent with a
firm mind , but it necessarily requires a manly spirit , and a fixed principle , in
order to give it any real value . Upon this solid ground only , the polish of
gentleness ...
It gives up no important truth from tiattery . It is indeed not only consistent with a
firm mind , but it necessarily requires a manly spirit , and a fixed principle , in
order to give it any real value . Upon this solid ground only , the polish of
gentleness ...
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It is in your power , by a wise and virtuous administration , to justify the
extraordinary proof which I give this day of my paternal affection , and to
demonstrate that you are worthy of the confidence which I repose in you .
Preserve an invio . lable ...
It is in your power , by a wise and virtuous administration , to justify the
extraordinary proof which I give this day of my paternal affection , and to
demonstrate that you are worthy of the confidence which I repose in you .
Preserve an invio . lable ...
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