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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... called a pompous or mouthing manner ; and gives an artificial , affected air to read- ing , which detracts greatly both from its agreeableness and its impression . Sheridan and Walker have published Dictionaries , for ascertaining the ...
... called a pompous or mouthing manner ; and gives an artificial , affected air to read- ing , which detracts greatly both from its agreeableness and its impression . Sheridan and Walker have published Dictionaries , for ascertaining the ...
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... called , affect sentences , paragraphs , and sometimes even the whole of a discourse . To show the use and necessity of tones , we need only observe , that the mind , in communicating its ideas , is in a constant state of activity ...
... called , affect sentences , paragraphs , and sometimes even the whole of a discourse . To show the use and necessity of tones , we need only observe , that the mind , in communicating its ideas , is in a constant state of activity ...
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... called the cæsural pause , may fall , in English heroick verse , after the 4th , 5th , 6th , or 7th syllable in the line . Where the verse is so constructed , that this cæsural pause coincides with the slightest pause or division in the ...
... called the cæsural pause , may fall , in English heroick verse , after the 4th , 5th , 6th , or 7th syllable in the line . Where the verse is so constructed , that this cæsural pause coincides with the slightest pause or division in the ...
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... called the cæsural pause , may fall , in English heroick verse , after the 4th , 5th , 6th , or 7th syllable in the line . Where the verse is so constructed , that this cæsural pause coincides with the slightest pause or division in the ...
... called the cæsural pause , may fall , in English heroick verse , after the 4th , 5th , 6th , or 7th syllable in the line . Where the verse is so constructed , that this cæsural pause coincides with the slightest pause or division in the ...
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... called the cæsural pause , may fall , in English heroick verse , after the 4th , 5th , 6th , or 7th syllable in the line . Where the verse is so constructed , that this cæsural pause coincides with the slightest pause or division in the ...
... called the cæsural pause , may fall , in English heroick verse , after the 4th , 5th , 6th , or 7th syllable in the line . Where the verse is so constructed , that this cæsural pause coincides with the slightest pause or division in the ...
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