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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... passion . The young reader should be careful to render his modulation correct and easy ; and , for this purpose , should form it upon the model of the most judi- sious and accurate speakers . As emphasis often falls on words in ...
... passion . The young reader should be careful to render his modulation correct and easy ; and , for this purpose , should form it upon the model of the most judi- sious and accurate speakers . As emphasis often falls on words in ...
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... passions and emotions . " In reading , let all your tones of ex- pression be borrowed from those of common speech , but , in some degree , more faintly characterized . Let those tones which signify any disagreeable passion of the mind ...
... passions and emotions . " In reading , let all your tones of ex- pression be borrowed from those of common speech , but , in some degree , more faintly characterized . Let those tones which signify any disagreeable passion of the mind ...
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... passions 7. On the proper state of our temper with respect to one another 8. Excellence of the Holy Scriptures 9. Reflections occasioned by a review of the blessings pronounced by Christ 10. Schemes of life often illusory on his ...
... passions 7. On the proper state of our temper with respect to one another 8. Excellence of the Holy Scriptures 9. Reflections occasioned by a review of the blessings pronounced by Christ 10. Schemes of life often illusory on his ...
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... passions , can tell how far they may carry him . 16. Tranquillity of mind is always most likely to be attained , when the business of the world is tempered with thoughtful and serious retreat . 17. He who would act like a wise man , and ...
... passions , can tell how far they may carry him . 16. Tranquillity of mind is always most likely to be attained , when the business of the world is tempered with thoughtful and serious retreat . 17. He who would act like a wise man , and ...
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... passions of the bad , frus- trate the effect of every advantage which the world confers on them . 6. The external ... passion , and by guilt . 7. No station is so high , no power so great , no character so un- blemished , as to exempt ...
... passions of the bad , frus- trate the effect of every advantage which the world confers on them . 6. The external ... passion , and by guilt . 7. No station is so high , no power so great , no character so un- blemished , as to exempt ...
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