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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There are two kinds of pauses : first , emphatical pauses ; and next , such as mark
the distinctions of sense . An emphatical piusê is generally made after something
has been said of peculiar moment , and on which we desire to fix the hearer ' s ...
There are two kinds of pauses : first , emphatical pauses ; and next , such as mark
the distinctions of sense . An emphatical piusê is generally made after something
has been said of peculiar moment , and on which we desire to fix the hearer ' s ...
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It has been frequently the task of the moralist and poet , to mark , in polished
periods , the particular charms and conveniences of every change ; and , indeed ,
such discriminate observations upon natural variety , cannot be undelightful ;
since ...
It has been frequently the task of the moralist and poet , to mark , in polished
periods , the particular charms and conveniences of every change ; and , indeed ,
such discriminate observations upon natural variety , cannot be undelightful ;
since ...
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Tho ' griefs unnumber ' il throng thee round , Still in thy God confide , Whose
finger marks the seas their bound , And curbs the headlong tide . SECTION IV .
The youth and the philosopher . 1 . A GRECIAN youth of talents rare , Whom
Plato ' s ...
Tho ' griefs unnumber ' il throng thee round , Still in thy God confide , Whose
finger marks the seas their bound , And curbs the headlong tide . SECTION IV .
The youth and the philosopher . 1 . A GRECIAN youth of talents rare , Whom
Plato ' s ...
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... traces mark thy blameless way ; Beneath thy feet no hapless insect dies . 4 .
Come , lovely nymph , and range the mead with me , To spring the partridge from
the guileful foe ; From secret snares the struggling bird to free ; And stop the hand
...
... traces mark thy blameless way ; Beneath thy feet no hapless insect dies . 4 .
Come , lovely nymph , and range the mead with me , To spring the partridge from
the guileful foe ; From secret snares the struggling bird to free ; And stop the hand
...
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Tripping through the silken grass , O ' er the path - divided dale , Mark the rose -
complexion ' d lass , With her well - pois ' d milking pail ! 27 . Linnets with
unnumber ' d notes , And the cuckoo bird with two , . Tuning sweet their mellow
throats ...
Tripping through the silken grass , O ' er the path - divided dale , Mark the rose -
complexion ' d lass , With her well - pois ' d milking pail ! 27 . Linnets with
unnumber ' d notes , And the cuckoo bird with two , . Tuning sweet their mellow
throats ...
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