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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... listlessness are . His accustomed employments or labours are not more
oppressive to him , than the labour of attendance on courts and the great , the
labours of dress , the fatigue of amusements , the very weight of idleness ,
frequently are ...
... listlessness are . His accustomed employments or labours are not more
oppressive to him , than the labour of attendance on courts and the great , the
labours of dress , the fatigue of amusements , the very weight of idleness ,
frequently are ...
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... and . . the discouragements under which you labour ; of the crosses and a
disappointments of which your life has been ... in preference to you , have
obtained those advantages which naturally belong to useful labours , and
honourable ...
... and . . the discouragements under which you labour ; of the crosses and a
disappointments of which your life has been ... in preference to you , have
obtained those advantages which naturally belong to useful labours , and
honourable ...
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The edifice which it cost much time , and labour to erect , one inauspicious event ,
one sudden blow , can level with the dust . ... The prospect of this termination of
our labours and pursuits , is sufficient to mark our state with vanity . “ Our days ...
The edifice which it cost much time , and labour to erect , one inauspicious event ,
one sudden blow , can level with the dust . ... The prospect of this termination of
our labours and pursuits , is sufficient to mark our state with vanity . “ Our days ...
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When Adam thus to Eve : “ Fair consort , th ' hour Of night , and all things now retir
' d to rest , Mind us of like repose ; since God hath set Labour and rest , as day
and night , to men Successive ; and the timely dew of sleep , Now falling with soft
...
When Adam thus to Eve : “ Fair consort , th ' hour Of night , and all things now retir
' d to rest , Mind us of like repose ; since God hath set Labour and rest , as day
and night , to men Successive ; and the timely dew of sleep , Now falling with soft
...
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Mind us of like repose ; since God hath set Labour and rest , as day and night , to
men Successive ; and the timely dew of sleep , Now falling with soft slumb ' rous
weight , inclines Our eye - lids . Other creatures all day long Rove idle unemploy
...
Mind us of like repose ; since God hath set Labour and rest , as day and night , to
men Successive ; and the timely dew of sleep , Now falling with soft slumb ' rous
weight , inclines Our eye - lids . Other creatures all day long Rove idle unemploy
...
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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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