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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... occasions , they were encouraged to peruse those which tend to inspire a due reverence for virtue , and an ... occasion . To improve the young mind , and to afford some assistance to tutors , in the arduous and important work of ...
... occasions , they were encouraged to peruse those which tend to inspire a due reverence for virtue , and an ... occasion . To improve the young mind , and to afford some assistance to tutors , in the arduous and important work of ...
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... occasions , preserve yourselves from being so far affected with the subject , as to be able to proceed through it , with that easy and masterly man- mer , which has its good effects in this , as well as in every other art . " SECTION ...
... occasions , preserve yourselves from being so far affected with the subject , as to be able to proceed through it , with that easy and masterly man- mer , which has its good effects in this , as well as in every other art . " SECTION ...
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... occasion disappointment and disgust . But the most frequent and the principal use of pauses , is to mark the divisions of the sense , and at the same time to allow the reader to draw his breath ; and the proper and delicate adjustment ...
... occasion disappointment and disgust . But the most frequent and the principal use of pauses , is to mark the divisions of the sense , and at the same time to allow the reader to draw his breath ; and the proper and delicate adjustment ...
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... occasions without , it generally brings on the passionate and revengeful man , greater misery than he can bring on the object of his resentment . 13. The palace of virtue has , in all ages , been represented as placed on the summit of a ...
... occasions without , it generally brings on the passionate and revengeful man , greater misery than he can bring on the object of his resentment . 13. The palace of virtue has , in all ages , been represented as placed on the summit of a ...
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... occasion for pity and sympathy , and inclination to assist each other . 8. At our first setting out in life , when yet unacquainted with the world and its snares , when every pleasure enchants with its smile , and every object shines ...
... occasion for pity and sympathy , and inclination to assist each other . 8. At our first setting out in life , when yet unacquainted with the world and its snares , when every pleasure enchants with its smile , and every object shines ...
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