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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... pleasing and important attainment ; produc- tive of improvement both to the understanding and the heart . It is essential to a complete reader , that he minutely perceive the ideas , and enter into the feelings of the author , whose ...
... pleasing and important attainment ; produc- tive of improvement both to the understanding and the heart . It is essential to a complete reader , that he minutely perceive the ideas , and enter into the feelings of the author , whose ...
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... pleasing variety of voice , which is perceived in utter- ing a sentence , and which , in its nature , is perfectly distinct from emphasis , and the tones of emotion and passion . The young reader should be careful to render his ...
... pleasing variety of voice , which is perceived in utter- ing a sentence , and which , in its nature , is perfectly distinct from emphasis , and the tones of emotion and passion . The young reader should be careful to render his ...
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... pleasing and expressive , they must not only be made in the right place , but also accompanied with a proper tone of voice , by which the nature of these pauses is intimated ; much more than by the length of them , which can seldom be ...
... pleasing and expressive , they must not only be made in the right place , but also accompanied with a proper tone of voice , by which the nature of these pauses is intimated ; much more than by the length of them , which can seldom be ...
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... pleasing sensation . 3. Moderate and simple pleaures relish high with the tempe- rate in the midst of his studied refinements , the voluptuary lan- guishes . 4. Gentleness corrects whatever is offensive in our manners ; and , by a ...
... pleasing sensation . 3. Moderate and simple pleaures relish high with the tempe- rate in the midst of his studied refinements , the voluptuary lan- guishes . 4. Gentleness corrects whatever is offensive in our manners ; and , by a ...
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... pleasing ideas , as shall support the expenses of that time , which is to depend wholly upon the fund already acquired . SECTION V. 1. WHAT avails the show of external liberty , to one who has lost the government of himself ? 2. He that ...
... pleasing ideas , as shall support the expenses of that time , which is to depend wholly upon the fund already acquired . SECTION V. 1. WHAT avails the show of external liberty , to one who has lost the government of himself ? 2. He that ...
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