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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... ground . This unea- siness of his mind inclined him to lay hold on every new object , and give way to every ... ground which he had passed , and try to find some issue where the wood might open into the plain . He prostrated himself on ...
... ground . This unea- siness of his mind inclined him to lay hold on every new object , and give way to every ... ground which he had passed , and try to find some issue where the wood might open into the plain . He prostrated himself on ...
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... ground for envy . ADDISON . 1. Or all the grounds of envy among men , superiority in rank and fortune is the most general . Hence , the malignity which the poor commonly bear to the rich , as engrossing to themselves all the comforts of ...
... ground for envy . ADDISON . 1. Or all the grounds of envy among men , superiority in rank and fortune is the most general . Hence , the malignity which the poor commonly bear to the rich , as engrossing to themselves all the comforts of ...
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... grounds on which they proceed are frequently the most slight and frivolous . 2. A tale , perhaps , which the idle have invented , the inquisi- tive have listened to , and the credulous have propagated ; or a real incident which rumour ...
... grounds on which they proceed are frequently the most slight and frivolous . 2. A tale , perhaps , which the idle have invented , the inquisi- tive have listened to , and the credulous have propagated ; or a real incident which rumour ...
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... grounds for excluding either of them from taking possession of our bosoms . 13. They who insist that " utility is the first and prevailing mo- tive , which induces mankind to enter into particular friendships , " appear to me to divest ...
... grounds for excluding either of them from taking possession of our bosoms . 13. They who insist that " utility is the first and prevailing mo- tive , which induces mankind to enter into particular friendships , " appear to me to divest ...
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... ground , where the bottom appeared differ- ent from that of the amphitheatre , being composed of soft clay , yielding to the pressure , and in which I thrust a stick to the depth of six feet . In this however , as above , numbers of the ...
... ground , where the bottom appeared differ- ent from that of the amphitheatre , being composed of soft clay , yielding to the pressure , and in which I thrust a stick to the depth of six feet . In this however , as above , numbers of the ...
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