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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... seems therefore requisite , to afford proper scope for the operations of the understanding and the heart . The reader will perceive , that the Compiler has been solicitous to recommend to young persons , the perusal of the sacred Scrip ...
... seems therefore requisite , to afford proper scope for the operations of the understanding and the heart . The reader will perceive , that the Compiler has been solicitous to recommend to young persons , the perusal of the sacred Scrip ...
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... seem the most important in the sentence , or , on other accounts , to merit this distinction . The following passage will serve to ex- emplify the superiour emphasis : " Of man's first disobedionae , and the fruit " Of that forbidden ...
... seem the most important in the sentence , or , on other accounts , to merit this distinction . The following passage will serve to ex- emplify the superiour emphasis : " Of man's first disobedionae , and the fruit " Of that forbidden ...
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... seems to have the right of fixing its situation and quantity . Among the number of persons , who have had proper opportunities of learn- ing to read , in the best manner it is now taught , very few could be selected , who , in a given ...
... seems to have the right of fixing its situation and quantity . Among the number of persons , who have had proper opportunities of learn- ing to read , in the best manner it is now taught , very few could be selected , who , in a given ...
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... seem to imagine . If we enter into the spirit of the author's sentiments , as well as into the meaning of his words , we shall not fail to deliver the words in properly varied tones . For there are few people , who speak English without ...
... seem to imagine . If we enter into the spirit of the author's sentiments , as well as into the meaning of his words , we shall not fail to deliver the words in properly varied tones . For there are few people , who speak English without ...
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... seems most settled and serene , in some un- observed quarter gathers the little black cloud in which the tem- pest ferments , and prepares to discharge itself on our head . 11. The man of true fortitude may be compared to the castle ...
... seems most settled and serene , in some un- observed quarter gathers the little black cloud in which the tem- pest ferments , and prepares to discharge itself on our head . 11. The man of true fortitude may be compared to the castle ...
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