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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Every delusive prospect of ambition is now at an end ; long experience of
mankind , an experience very different from what the open and generous soul of
youth had fondly dreamt of , has rendered the heart almost inaccessible to new ...
Every delusive prospect of ambition is now at an end ; long experience of
mankind , an experience very different from what the open and generous soul of
youth had fondly dreamt of , has rendered the heart almost inaccessible to new ...
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include , not only mankind in general , but the persons with whom thou livest , thy
friends , thy family , nay even thyself . Dem . I care very little for all the silly
persons I meet with ; and think I am justifiable in diverting myself with their folly .
Her .
include , not only mankind in general , but the persons with whom thou livest , thy
friends , thy family , nay even thyself . Dem . I care very little for all the silly
persons I meet with ; and think I am justifiable in diverting myself with their folly .
Her .
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tinue in the vulgar herd of mankind , that one may have the convenience of
thinking that one knows something . I find that the eyes which nature has given
me , see many things very clearly , though some are out of their reach , or
discerned but ...
tinue in the vulgar herd of mankind , that one may have the convenience of
thinking that one knows something . I find that the eyes which nature has given
me , see many things very clearly , though some are out of their reach , or
discerned but ...
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It would have been better for you and for mankind , if you had been one of the
dullest of Dutch theologians , or the most credulous monk in a Portuguese
convent . The riches of the mind , like those of fortune , may be employed so
perversely ...
It would have been better for you and for mankind , if you had been one of the
dullest of Dutch theologians , or the most credulous monk in a Portuguese
convent . The riches of the mind , like those of fortune , may be employed so
perversely ...
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The condition of the greater part of mankind in a good measure , precludes them .
But , in the ordinary round of human affairs , many occasions daily present
themselves , of mitigating the vexations which others suffer ; of soothing their
minds ...
The condition of the greater part of mankind in a good measure , precludes them .
But , in the ordinary round of human affairs , many occasions daily present
themselves , of mitigating the vexations which others suffer ; of soothing their
minds ...
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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 | 204 páginas |
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