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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tible to an eye , that could take in the whole compass of nature , and pass from
one end of the creation to the other ; as it is possible • there may be such a sense
in ourselves hereafter , or in creatures which are at present more exalted than ...
tible to an eye , that could take in the whole compass of nature , and pass from
one end of the creation to the other ; as it is possible • there may be such a sense
in ourselves hereafter , or in creatures which are at present more exalted than ...
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I pass from my own stock , my own neighbourhood , my own nation , to the whole
race of mankind , as dispersed throughout the earth . Am I not related to them all ,
by the mutual aids of commerce , by the general intercourse of arts and letters ...
I pass from my own stock , my own neighbourhood , my own nation , to the whole
race of mankind , as dispersed throughout the earth . Am I not related to them all ,
by the mutual aids of commerce , by the general intercourse of arts and letters ...
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In whose eye does not the tear gather , on revolving the fate of passing and short
- lived man ? 2 . Behold the poor man who lays down at last the burden of his
wearisome life . " No more shall he groan under the load of pove erty and toil .
In whose eye does not the tear gather , on revolving the fate of passing and short
- lived man ? 2 . Behold the poor man who lays down at last the burden of his
wearisome life . " No more shall he groan under the load of pove erty and toil .
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The brightness of the flame is wasting its fuel ; the fragrant flower is passing away
in its own odours . ... Ten years I will allot to the attainment of knowledge , and ten
I will pass in foreign countries ; I shall be learned , and therefore shall be ...
The brightness of the flame is wasting its fuel ; the fragrant flower is passing away
in its own odours . ... Ten years I will allot to the attainment of knowledge , and ten
I will pass in foreign countries ; I shall be learned , and therefore shall be ...
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But , if pity inspire thee , renew the sad lay , Mourn , sweetest complainer , man
calls thee to mourn ; O sooth him whose pleasures like thine pass away : Full
quickly they pass — but they never return . S . “ Now gliding remote , on the verge
of ...
But , if pity inspire thee , renew the sad lay , Mourn , sweetest complainer , man
calls thee to mourn ; O sooth him whose pleasures like thine pass away : Full
quickly they pass — but they never return . S . “ Now gliding remote , on the verge
of ...
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able actions affections allowed appear attend beauty blessing called cause character comfort common consider continued course dark death desire earth enjoy evil fall father feel fortune friends give gratitude greater ground hand happiness heart heaven honour hope human inflections instance kind labours less lies light live look Lord mankind manner marked means mind misery nature never objects observe ourselves pain pass passions pause peace perfection person pleasing pleasure poor possess present proper Providence raised reading reason reflect regard render rest rich rising seems sense sentence shine sometimes soon soul sound spirit suffer sufficient temper thee things thou thought tion true verse vice virtue voice wants whole wisdom wise wish youth
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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 | 252 páginas |
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