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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... lies in the state of our mind , not in our condition of fortune ; and by no alter- ation of circumstances is likely to be remedied . 12. When the love of unwarrantable pleasures , and of vicious companions , is allowed to amuse young ...
... lies in the state of our mind , not in our condition of fortune ; and by no alter- ation of circumstances is likely to be remedied . 12. When the love of unwarrantable pleasures , and of vicious companions , is allowed to amuse young ...
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... lie waste by negligence , to be overrun with noxious plants , or laid out for show , rather than use . 3. When Aristotle was asked , " What a man could gain by telling a falsehood , " he replied , " Not to be credited when he speaks the ...
... lie waste by negligence , to be overrun with noxious plants , or laid out for show , rather than use . 3. When Aristotle was asked , " What a man could gain by telling a falsehood , " he replied , " Not to be credited when he speaks the ...
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... lies between the hills . " Ortogrul looked , and espied a little well , out of which issued a small rivulet . " Tell me now , " said his father , " dost thou wish for sudden affluence , that may pour upon thee like the mountain torrent ...
... lies between the hills . " Ortogrul looked , and espied a little well , out of which issued a small rivulet . " Tell me now , " said his father , " dost thou wish for sudden affluence , that may pour upon thee like the mountain torrent ...
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... lying down in resignation to his fate , when he beheld , through the bram- bles , the glimmer of a taper . 12. He advanced towards the light ; and finding that it pro- ceeded from the cottage of a hermit , he called humbly at the door ...
... lying down in resignation to his fate , when he beheld , through the bram- bles , the glimmer of a taper . 12. He advanced towards the light ; and finding that it pro- ceeded from the cottage of a hermit , he called humbly at the door ...
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... lies hid in a block of marble ; and that the art of the statuary only clears away the superfluous matter , and removes the rubbish . The figure is in the stone , and the sculptor only finds it . 3. What sculpture is to a block of marble ...
... lies hid in a block of marble ; and that the art of the statuary only clears away the superfluous matter , and removes the rubbish . The figure is in the stone , and the sculptor only finds it . 3. What sculpture is to a block of marble ...
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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