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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... objects : to improve youth in the art of reading ; to me- liorate their language and sentiments ; and to inculcate some of the most important principles of piety and virtue . The pieces selected , not only give exercise to a great ...
... objects : to improve youth in the art of reading ; to me- liorate their language and sentiments ; and to inculcate some of the most important principles of piety and virtue . The pieces selected , not only give exercise to a great ...
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... object , that they regulate his pronunciation . On this head , the following direction may be of use : " Though in reading , great at- tention should be paid to the stops , yet a greater should be given to the sense ; and their ...
... object , that they regulate his pronunciation . On this head , the following direction may be of use : " Though in reading , great at- tention should be paid to the stops , yet a greater should be given to the sense ; and their ...
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... objects of religion , no heart to admire and adore the great Father of the universe , has reason to dis- trust the truth and delicacy of his sensibility . 10. When , upon rational and sober inquiry , we have establish- ed our principles ...
... objects of religion , no heart to admire and adore the great Father of the universe , has reason to dis- trust the truth and delicacy of his sensibility . 10. When , upon rational and sober inquiry , we have establish- ed our principles ...
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... object on which it shines ; a censorious disposition casts every character into the darkest shade it will bear . 7. Many men mistake the love , for the practice of virtue ; and are not so much good men as the friends of goodness . 8 ...
... object on which it shines ; a censorious disposition casts every character into the darkest shade it will bear . 7. Many men mistake the love , for the practice of virtue ; and are not so much good men as the friends of goodness . 8 ...
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... object of his resentment . 13. The palace of virtue has , in all ages , been represented as placed on the summit of a hill ; in the ascent of which , labour is requisite , and difficulties are to be surmounted ; and where a con- ductor ...
... object of his resentment . 13. The palace of virtue has , in all ages , been represented as placed on the summit of a hill ; in the ascent of which , labour is requisite , and difficulties are to be surmounted ; and where a con- ductor ...
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