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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I speak here of such as retain the feelings of humanity ; whom misfortunes have
softened , and perhaps rendered more delicately sensible ; not of such as
possess that stupid insensibility , which some are pleased to dignify with the
name of ...
I speak here of such as retain the feelings of humanity ; whom misfortunes have
softened , and perhaps rendered more delicately sensible ; not of such as
possess that stupid insensibility , which some are pleased to dignify with the
name of ...
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... mind of a grateful man , it exalts the soul into rapture , when it is employed on
this great object of gratitude ; on this beneficent Being , who has given us every
thing we already possess , and from whom we expect every thing we yet hope for
.
... mind of a grateful man , it exalts the soul into rapture , when it is employed on
this great object of gratitude ; on this beneficent Being , who has given us every
thing we already possess , and from whom we expect every thing we yet hope for
.
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The gratific cations of nature , which are always the most satisfactory , are
possessed by him to their full extent ; and if he be a ... If we allow their just value
to the comforts we possess , we shall find reason to rest satisfied , with a very
moderate ...
The gratific cations of nature , which are always the most satisfactory , are
possessed by him to their full extent ; and if he be a ... If we allow their just value
to the comforts we possess , we shall find reason to rest satisfied , with a very
moderate ...
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It is true , the higher nature still advances , and by that means preserves his
distance and superiority in the scale of being ; but he knows that , how high
soever the station is of which he stands possessed at present , the inferiour
nature will , at ...
It is true , the higher nature still advances , and by that means preserves his
distance and superiority in the scale of being ; but he knows that , how high
soever the station is of which he stands possessed at present , the inferiour
nature will , at ...
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He possesses a new sense ihat enables him to behold objects which the selfish
cannot see . At the same time , his enjoyments are not of that kind which remain
merely on the surface of the mind . They penetrate the heart . They ' enlarge and
...
He possesses a new sense ihat enables him to behold objects which the selfish
cannot see . At the same time , his enjoyments are not of that kind which remain
merely on the surface of the mind . They penetrate the heart . They ' enlarge and
...
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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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