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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... course raise expectation , if the importance of the matter be not fully an- swerable to such expectation , they occasion disappointment and disgust . But the most frequent and the principal use of pauses , is to mark the divisions of ...
... course raise expectation , if the importance of the matter be not fully an- swerable to such expectation , they occasion disappointment and disgust . But the most frequent and the principal use of pauses , is to mark the divisions of ...
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... course dwells ! where such scenes of heartfelt satisfaction suc- ceed uninterruptedly to one another ! 11. How many clear marks of benevolent intention appear every where around us ! What a profusion of beauty and ornament is poured ...
... course dwells ! where such scenes of heartfelt satisfaction suc- ceed uninterruptedly to one another ! 11. How many clear marks of benevolent intention appear every where around us ! What a profusion of beauty and ornament is poured ...
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... course of time , all that had been predicted came to pass . Hazael ascended the throne , and ambition took possession of his heart . " He smote the chil- dren of Israel in all their coasts . He oppressed them during all the days of king ...
... course of time , all that had been predicted came to pass . Hazael ascended the throne , and ambition took possession of his heart . " He smote the chil- dren of Israel in all their coasts . He oppressed them during all the days of king ...
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... course of a gentle river that rolled among the trees , and watered a large region with innumerable circumvolutions . S. In these amusements , the hours passed away unaccounted ; his deviations had perplexed his memory , and he knew not ...
... course of a gentle river that rolled among the trees , and watered a large region with innumerable circumvolutions . S. In these amusements , the hours passed away unaccounted ; his deviations had perplexed his memory , and he knew not ...
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... course cannot be foreseen ; and he seldom fails of suffer- ing most from their poisonous effect , who first allowed them to flow . SECTION V. BLAIR . A suspicious temper the source of misery to its possessor . 1. As a suspicious spirit ...
... course cannot be foreseen ; and he seldom fails of suffer- ing most from their poisonous effect , who first allowed them to flow . SECTION V. BLAIR . A suspicious temper the source of misery to its possessor . 1. As a suspicious spirit ...
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