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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What might not that savage greatness of soul , which appears in these poor
wretches on many occasions , be raised to , were it rightly cultivated ? And what
colour of excuse can there be , for the contempt with which we treat this part of
our ...
What might not that savage greatness of soul , which appears in these poor
wretches on many occasions , be raised to , were it rightly cultivated ? And what
colour of excuse can there be , for the contempt with which we treat this part of
our ...
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... what superiour satisfaction does the servant of God remark the hand of that
gracious power which hath raised him up ; which hath happily conducted him
through the various steps of life , and crowned him with the most favourable
distinction ...
... what superiour satisfaction does the servant of God remark the hand of that
gracious power which hath raised him up ; which hath happily conducted him
through the various steps of life , and crowned him with the most favourable
distinction ...
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... who raise their views to no higher objects than the succession of human
contingencies , and the weak efforts of human ... on the throne , and have a
nation in his power , not to forget the humble oondition from which he had been
raised . 4 .
... who raise their views to no higher objects than the succession of human
contingencies , and the weak efforts of human ... on the throne , and have a
nation in his power , not to forget the humble oondition from which he had been
raised . 4 .
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A man perishing in the snow ; from whence reflections are raised on the miseries
of life . 1 . As thus the snows arise : and foul and fierce , All winter drives along
the darken ' d air ; In his own loose - revolving field , the swain Disaster ' d stands
...
A man perishing in the snow ; from whence reflections are raised on the miseries
of life . 1 . As thus the snows arise : and foul and fierce , All winter drives along
the darken ' d air ; In his own loose - revolving field , the swain Disaster ' d stands
...
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If anger boil , let anger be my praise , And sin the graceful indignation raise . My
love be warm to succour the distress ' d , And lift the burden from the soul oppress
' d . 3 . O may my understanding ever read This glorious volume which thy ...
If anger boil , let anger be my praise , And sin the graceful indignation raise . My
love be warm to succour the distress ' d , And lift the burden from the soul oppress
' d . 3 . O may my understanding ever read This glorious volume which thy ...
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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 | 204 páginas |
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