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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... hope of forming a good reader , if he cannot completely articulate every elementary sound of the language . SECTION III . Due Degree of Slowness . In order to express ourselves distinctly , moderation is requisite with regard to the ...
... hope of forming a good reader , if he cannot completely articulate every elementary sound of the language . SECTION III . Due Degree of Slowness . In order to express ourselves distinctly , moderation is requisite with regard to the ...
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... Hope , the balm of life , sooths us under every misfortune . " The first and second pauses are accompanied by an inflection of voice , that gives the hearer an expecta- tion of something further to complete the sense : the inflection ...
... Hope , the balm of life , sooths us under every misfortune . " The first and second pauses are accompanied by an inflection of voice , that gives the hearer an expecta- tion of something further to complete the sense : the inflection ...
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... hope of future happiness is a perpetual source of conso- lation to good men . Under trouble , it sooths their minds ; amidst temptation , it supports their virtue ; and , in their dying moments , enables them to say , " O death ! where ...
... hope of future happiness is a perpetual source of conso- lation to good men . Under trouble , it sooths their minds ; amidst temptation , it supports their virtue ; and , in their dying moments , enables them to say , " O death ! where ...
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... hope of a fool than of him . 8. He that is slow to anger , is better than the mighty ; and he that ruleth his spirit , than he that taketh a city . 9. He that hath pity on the poor , lendeth to the Lord ; that which he hath given , will ...
... hope of a fool than of him . 8. He that is slow to anger , is better than the mighty ; and he that ruleth his spirit , than he that taketh a city . 9. He that hath pity on the poor , lendeth to the Lord ; that which he hath given , will ...
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... hope that better days may yet arise . 6. How many young persons have at first set out in the world with excellent dispositions of heart ; generous , charitable , and hu- mane ; kind to their friends , and amiable among all with whom ...
... hope that better days may yet arise . 6. How many young persons have at first set out in the world with excellent dispositions of heart ; generous , charitable , and hu- mane ; kind to their friends , and amiable among all with whom ...
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