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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... sentences and members of sentences , which are di- versified , proportioned , and pointed with accuracy . Exercises of this nature are , it is presumed , well calculated to teach youth to read with propriety and effect . A selection of ...
... sentences and members of sentences , which are di- versified , proportioned , and pointed with accuracy . Exercises of this nature are , it is presumed , well calculated to teach youth to read with propriety and effect . A selection of ...
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... sentence . Sometimes the emphatick words must be distinguished by a particular tone of voice , as well as by a par- ticular stress . On the right management of the emphasis depends the life of pronunciation . If no emphasis be placed on ...
... sentence . Sometimes the emphatick words must be distinguished by a particular tone of voice , as well as by a par- ticular stress . On the right management of the emphasis depends the life of pronunciation . If no emphasis be placed on ...
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... sentence , which admits of four distinct meanings , each of which is ascertained by the empha- sis only . " Do you ride to town to - day ? " The following examples illustrate the nature and use of the inferiour em- phasis : " Many ...
... sentence , which admits of four distinct meanings , each of which is ascertained by the empha- sis only . " Do you ride to town to - day ? " The following examples illustrate the nature and use of the inferiour em- phasis : " Many ...
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... sentence , so it is frequently required to be continued with a little variation , on two , and sometimes more words together , The following sentences exemplify both the parts of this position : " If you seek to make one rich , study ...
... sentence , so it is frequently required to be continued with a little variation , on two , and sometimes more words together , The following sentences exemplify both the parts of this position : " If you seek to make one rich , study ...
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... sentence , in which he makes a pathetick address to the mountains where his friends had been slain must be expressed ... sentences , and their several members . There are two kinds of pauses : first , emphatical INTRODUCTION .
... sentence , in which he makes a pathetick address to the mountains where his friends had been slain must be expressed ... sentences , and their several members . There are two kinds of pauses : first , emphatical INTRODUCTION .
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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