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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Our candles being now all lighted up , and the whole place completely
illuminated , never could the eye be presented with a more glittering , or a more
magnificent scene . The whole roof hung with solid icicles , transparent as glass ,
yet solid ...
Our candles being now all lighted up , and the whole place completely
illuminated , never could the eye be presented with a more glittering , or a more
magnificent scene . The whole roof hung with solid icicles , transparent as glass ,
yet solid ...
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From the whole tenour of the narration it appears , that though Joseph , upon the
arrival of his brethren in Egypt , made himself strange to them , yet from the
beginning he intended to discover himself ; and studied so to conduct the
discovery ...
From the whole tenour of the narration it appears , that though Joseph , upon the
arrival of his brethren in Egypt , made himself strange to them , yet from the
beginning he intended to discover himself ; and studied so to conduct the
discovery ...
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The sun , though seemmaller than the dial it illuminates , is abundantly larger
than this whole earth , on which so many lofty mountains rise , and such vast
oceans rolì . A line extending from side to side through the centre of that
resplendent ...
The sun , though seemmaller than the dial it illuminates , is abundantly larger
than this whole earth , on which so many lofty mountains rise , and such vast
oceans rolì . A line extending from side to side through the centre of that
resplendent ...
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And , if each system in gradation roll , Alike essential to th ' amazing whole , The
least confusion but in one , not all That system only , but the whole must fall . Let
earth , unbalanc ' d from her orbit fly , Planets and suns run lawless thro ' the sky ...
And , if each system in gradation roll , Alike essential to th ' amazing whole , The
least confusion but in one , not all That system only , but the whole must fall . Let
earth , unbalanc ' d from her orbit fly , Planets and suns run lawless thro ' the sky ...
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Ye , clief , for whom the whole creation smiles , At once the head , the heart , and
tongue of all , Crown the great hymn ! 7 . For me , when I forget the darling theme
, Whether the blossom blows , the summer ray Russets the plain ; inspiring ...
Ye , clief , for whom the whole creation smiles , At once the head , the heart , and
tongue of all , Crown the great hymn ! 7 . For me , when I forget the darling theme
, Whether the blossom blows , the summer ray Russets the plain ; inspiring ...
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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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