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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... give exercise to a great variety of emotions , and the correspondent tones and variations of voice , but contain sentences and members of sentences , which are di- versified , proportioned , and pointed with accuracy . Exercises of this ...
... give exercise to a great variety of emotions , and the correspondent tones and variations of voice , but contain sentences and members of sentences , which are di- versified , proportioned , and pointed with accuracy . Exercises of this ...
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... give addi- tional importance to the study of this necessary and useful art . The perfect attainment of it doubtless requires great attention and practice , joined to ex- traordinary natural powers : but as there are many degrees of ...
... give addi- tional importance to the study of this necessary and useful art . The perfect attainment of it doubtless requires great attention and practice , joined to ex- traordinary natural powers : but as there are many degrees of ...
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... give the voice full strength and swell of sound ; but always pitch it on our ordinary speaking key . It should be a constant rule never to utter a greater quantity of voice than we can afford without pain to ourselves , and without any ...
... give the voice full strength and swell of sound ; but always pitch it on our ordinary speaking key . It should be a constant rule never to utter a greater quantity of voice than we can afford without pain to ourselves , and without any ...
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... gives weight and dignity to the sub- ject . It is a great assistance to the voice , by the pauses and rests which it ... give every word just the same accent in reading , as in common discourse . Many per- sons err in this respect . When ...
... gives weight and dignity to the sub- ject . It is a great assistance to the voice , by the pauses and rests which it ... give every word just the same accent in reading , as in common discourse . Many per- sons err in this respect . When ...
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... give them any weight . If they recur too often ; if a render attempts to render every thing he expresses of high impor- tance , by a multitude of strong emphases , we soon learn to pay little regard to them . To crowd every sentence ...
... give them any weight . If they recur too often ; if a render attempts to render every thing he expresses of high impor- tance , by a multitude of strong emphases , we soon learn to pay little regard to them . To crowd every sentence ...
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ADDISON ages offend amidst Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray Aristippus Aristotle attend beauty behold BLAIR blessing block of marble cæsural pause Caius Verres character comfort death delightful Dioclesian distress divine dread earth enjoy enjoyments envy errours eternity ev'ry evil falling inflection father folly give gratitude happiness Hazael heart heaven Heraclitus honour hope human indulge judgement Jugurtha kind labours live look Lord mankind manner mercy Micipsa mind misery misfortunes morning calls nature never numbers Numidia o'er ourselves pain passions peace perfection perly person Phidias philosopher pleasing pleasure possess pow'r praise Praxiteles pride proper publick Pythias reading reason religion render rest rich rising savage nations scene SECTION sense sentence sentiments shade shine Sicily smiles sometimes sorrow soul sound spirit superiour sweet temper tempest thee things thou thought tion vanity verse vice virtue voice wisdom wise youth