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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To be wise in our own eyes , to be wise in the opinion of the world , and to be
wise in the sight of our Creator , are three things so very different , as rarely to
coincide . 4 . Man , in his highest earthly glory , is but a reed floating on the
stream of ...
To be wise in our own eyes , to be wise in the opinion of the world , and to be
wise in the sight of our Creator , are three things so very different , as rarely to
coincide . 4 . Man , in his highest earthly glory , is but a reed floating on the
stream of ...
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Hear counsel , and receive instruction , that thou mayest be truly wise . 6 . Faithful
are the wounds of a friend ; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful . Open
rebuke is better than secret love . 7 . Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit ?
Hear counsel , and receive instruction , that thou mayest be truly wise . 6 . Faithful
are the wounds of a friend ; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful . Open
rebuke is better than secret love . 7 . Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit ?
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The natural homage , which such a creature owes to so infi . nitely wise and good
a Being , is a firm reliance on him for the bless . ings and conveniences of life ;
and an habitual trust in him , for de . liverance out of all such dangers and ...
The natural homage , which such a creature owes to so infi . nitely wise and good
a Being , is a firm reliance on him for the bless . ings and conveniences of life ;
and an habitual trust in him , for de . liverance out of all such dangers and ...
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Be wise to - day ; ' tis madness to defer : : Next day the fatal precedent will plead ;
Thus on , till wisdom is push ' d out of life . Procrastination is the thief of time .
Year after year it steals , till all are fledi And , to the mercies of a moment leaves ...
Be wise to - day ; ' tis madness to defer : : Next day the fatal precedent will plead ;
Thus on , till wisdom is push ' d out of life . Procrastination is the thief of time .
Year after year it steals , till all are fledi And , to the mercies of a moment leaves ...
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Thy fame is just , ” the sage replies ; " Tly virtue proves thee truly wise . Pride
often guides the author ' s pen , Books as affected are as men : But he who
studies nature ' s laws , From certain truth his maxims draws ; And those , without
our ...
Thy fame is just , ” the sage replies ; " Tly virtue proves thee truly wise . Pride
often guides the author ' s pen , Books as affected are as men : But he who
studies nature ' s laws , From certain truth his maxims draws ; And those , without
our ...
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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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