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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... perfection will find himself amply rewarded for every exertion he may think proper to make . To give rules for the management of the voice in reading , by which the ne- cessary pauses , emphasis , and tones , may be discovered and put ...
... perfection will find himself amply rewarded for every exertion he may think proper to make . To give rules for the management of the voice in reading , by which the ne- cessary pauses , emphasis , and tones , may be discovered and put ...
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... perfection , which , without such helps , are never able to make their appearance . 2. If my reader will give me leave to change the allusion so soon upon him , I shall make use of the same instance to illustrate the force of education ...
... perfection , which , without such helps , are never able to make their appearance . 2. If my reader will give me leave to change the allusion so soon upon him , I shall make use of the same instance to illustrate the force of education ...
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... perfection . 7. For , to return to our statue in the block of marble , we see it sometimes only begun to be chipped , sometimes rough hewn , and but just sketched into a human figure ; sometimes , we see the man appearing distinctly in ...
... perfection . 7. For , to return to our statue in the block of marble , we see it sometimes only begun to be chipped , sometimes rough hewn , and but just sketched into a human figure ; sometimes , we see the man appearing distinctly in ...
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... perfection of understanding , is impossible : he makes the nearest approaches to it , who has the sense to discern , and the humility to acknowl- edge , its imperfections . 2. Modesty always sits gracefully upon youth ; it covers a ...
... perfection of understanding , is impossible : he makes the nearest approaches to it , who has the sense to discern , and the humility to acknowl- edge , its imperfections . 2. Modesty always sits gracefully upon youth ; it covers a ...
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... perfection , which , without such helps , are never able to make their appearance . 2. If my reader will give me leave to change the allusion so soon upon him , I shall make use of the same instance to illustrate the force of education ...
... perfection , which , without such helps , are never able to make their appearance . 2. If my reader will give me leave to change the allusion so soon upon him , I shall make use of the same instance to illustrate the force of education ...
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