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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How art thou fled for ever ! - A month !Oh , for a single week ! I ask not for years !
though an age were too little for the much I have to do . ” 4 . On my saying , we
could not do too much : that heaven was a blessed place - “ So much the worse .
How art thou fled for ever ! - A month !Oh , for a single week ! I ask not for years !
though an age were too little for the much I have to do . ” 4 . On my saying , we
could not do too much : that heaven was a blessed place - “ So much the worse .
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include , not only mankind in general , but the persons with whom thou livest , thy
friends , thy family , nay even thyself . Dem . I care very little for all the silly
persons I meet with ; and think I am justifiable in diverting myself with their folly .
Her .
include , not only mankind in general , but the persons with whom thou livest , thy
friends , thy family , nay even thyself . Dem . I care very little for all the silly
persons I meet with ; and think I am justifiable in diverting myself with their folly .
Her .
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mirth : and this proves that thou hast no regard for men , nor any true respect for
the virtues which they have unhappily abandoned . Fenelon , Archbishop of
Cambray . SECTION II . - DIONYSIUS , PYTHIAS , AND DAMON . Genuine virtue
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mirth : and this proves that thou hast no regard for men , nor any true respect for
the virtues which they have unhappily abandoned . Fenelon , Archbishop of
Cambray . SECTION II . - DIONYSIUS , PYTHIAS , AND DAMON . Genuine virtue
...
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Thou canst not , then , endure virtue . Dio . No : I cannot endure that proud ,
disdainful virtue , which contemns life ; which dreads no punishment ; and which
is insensible to the charms of riches and pleasure . Da . Thou seest , however ,
that it ...
Thou canst not , then , endure virtue . Dio . No : I cannot endure that proud ,
disdainful virtue , which contemns life ; which dreads no punishment ; and which
is insensible to the charms of riches and pleasure . Da . Thou seest , however ,
that it ...
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Thou art the support of our virtue , and the rest of our souls , in this turbulent world
. Thou composest the thoughts . Thou calmest the passions . Thou exaltest the
heart . Thy communications , and thine only , are imparted to the low , no less ...
Thou art the support of our virtue , and the rest of our souls , in this turbulent world
. Thou composest the thoughts . Thou calmest the passions . Thou exaltest the
heart . Thy communications , and thine only , are imparted to the low , no less ...
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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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