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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... manner which are calculated to arrest the atten- tion of youth ; and to make strong and durable impressions on their minds . * The Compiler has been careful to avoid every expression and sentiment , that might gratify a corrupt mind ...
... manner which are calculated to arrest the atten- tion of youth ; and to make strong and durable impressions on their minds . * The Compiler has been careful to avoid every expression and sentiment , that might gratify a corrupt mind ...
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... manner , the voice becomes fixed in a strained and unnatural key ; and is rendered inca- pable of that variety of elevation and depression which constitutes the true har- mony of utterance , and affords ease to the reader , and pleasure ...
... manner , the voice becomes fixed in a strained and unnatural key ; and is rendered inca- pable of that variety of elevation and depression which constitutes the true har- mony of utterance , and affords ease to the reader , and pleasure ...
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... manner from what they do at other times . They dwell upon them and protract them ; they multiply accents on the same word ; from a mistaken notion , that it gives gravity and importance to their subject , and adds to the energy of their ...
... manner from what they do at other times . They dwell upon them and protract them ; they multiply accents on the same word ; from a mistaken notion , that it gives gravity and importance to their subject , and adds to the energy of their ...
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... manner more than once , the emphasis would fall on first ; and the line be read , " Of man's first disobedience , " & c . Again , admitting death ( as was really the case ) to have been an unheard of and dreadful punishment , brought ...
... manner more than once , the emphasis would fall on first ; and the line be read , " Of man's first disobedience , " & c . Again , admitting death ( as was really the case ) to have been an unheard of and dreadful punishment , brought ...
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... manner can represent only a similar state of mind , perfectly free from all activity and emotion . As the communication of these internal feelings was of much more consequence in our social intercourse , than the mere conveyance of ...
... manner can represent only a similar state of mind , perfectly free from all activity and emotion . As the communication of these internal feelings was of much more consequence in our social intercourse , than the mere conveyance of ...
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