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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... turn aside from the world , and commune with himself in retirement , will , sometimes at least , hear the truths which the multitude do not tell him . A more sound instructer will lift his voice , and awaken within the heart those ...
... turn aside from the world , and commune with himself in retirement , will , sometimes at least , hear the truths which the multitude do not tell him . A more sound instructer will lift his voice , and awaken within the heart those ...
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... turn to say to them ; " Boast not yourselves of to - morrow ; for you know not what a day may bring forth ! " CHAPTER II . NARRATIVE PIECES . SECTION I. No rank or possessions can make the guilty mind happy . 1. DIONYSIUS , the tyrant ...
... turn to say to them ; " Boast not yourselves of to - morrow ; for you know not what a day may bring forth ! " CHAPTER II . NARRATIVE PIECES . SECTION I. No rank or possessions can make the guilty mind happy . 1. DIONYSIUS , the tyrant ...
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... turn thine eye on the opposite mountain . " 8. Ortogrul looked , and saw a torrent tumbling down the rocks , roaring with the noise of thunder , and scattering its foam on the impending woods . " Now , " said his father , " behold the ...
... turn thine eye on the opposite mountain . " 8. Ortogrul looked , and saw a torrent tumbling down the rocks , roaring with the noise of thunder , and scattering its foam on the impending woods . " Now , " said his father , " behold the ...
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... turn aside , by a numerous crowd of appetites , passions , and pleasures , whose importunity , when once complied with , they became less and less able to resist : and though they often returned to the path , the asperities of the road ...
... turn aside , by a numerous crowd of appetites , passions , and pleasures , whose importunity , when once complied with , they became less and less able to resist : and though they often returned to the path , the asperities of the road ...
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... turn our eyes upon the gar- dens of pleasure . We approach them with scruple and hesita- tion ; we enter them , but enter timorous and trembling ; and al- ways hope to pass through them without losing the road of virtue , which , for a ...
... turn our eyes upon the gar- dens of pleasure . We approach them with scruple and hesita- tion ; we enter them , but enter timorous and trembling ; and al- ways hope to pass through them without losing the road of virtue , which , for a ...
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