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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... ground for envy • 13. Patience under provocations our interest as well as duty 14. Moderation in our wishes recommended . Page . 17 · · · • • • • • • • · • . • • • • · • • • • 888-885 28 29 30 31 33 35 44 ib . 46 54 1 : 23 : 495873 I 40 ...
... ground for envy • 13. Patience under provocations our interest as well as duty 14. Moderation in our wishes recommended . Page . 17 · · · • • • • • • • · • . • • • • · • • • • 888-885 28 29 30 31 33 35 44 ib . 46 54 1 : 23 : 495873 I 40 ...
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... ground ! It springs up , is gathered into his barns , and crowns his labours with joy and plenty . - Thus the man who distributes his fortune with generosity and prudence , is amply re- paid by the gratitude of those whom he obliges ...
... ground ! It springs up , is gathered into his barns , and crowns his labours with joy and plenty . - Thus the man who distributes his fortune with generosity and prudence , is amply re- paid by the gratitude of those whom he obliges ...
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... your natural abhorrence of guilt to lessen , you have ground to dread that the ruin of virtue is fast approaching . 4. By disappointments and trials the violence of our passions Chap . 1 . 27 SELECT SENTENCES , & c .
... your natural abhorrence of guilt to lessen , you have ground to dread that the ruin of virtue is fast approaching . 4. By disappointments and trials the violence of our passions Chap . 1 . 27 SELECT SENTENCES , & c .
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... ground , the discoloured foliage of the trees , and all the sweet , but fading graces of inspiring au- tumn , open the mind to benevolence , and dispose it for contempla- tion , I was wandering in a beautiful and romantick country ...
... ground , the discoloured foliage of the trees , and all the sweet , but fading graces of inspiring au- tumn , open the mind to benevolence , and dispose it for contempla- tion , I was wandering in a beautiful and romantick country ...
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... ground seemed to slide from beneath their feet , and they found themselves at the bottom , before they suspected they had changed their place 12. The placid serenity , which at first appeared in their counte- nance , changed by degrees ...
... ground seemed to slide from beneath their feet , and they found themselves at the bottom , before they suspected they had changed their place 12. The placid serenity , which at first appeared in their counte- nance , changed by degrees ...
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