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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... spring from our passions . Every age , and every station they beset ; from youth to gray hairs , and from the peasant to the prince . 9. Riches and pleasures are the chief temptations to criminal deeds . Yet those riches , when obtained ...
... spring from our passions . Every age , and every station they beset ; from youth to gray hairs , and from the peasant to the prince . 9. Riches and pleasures are the chief temptations to criminal deeds . Yet those riches , when obtained ...
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... springs up , is gathered into his barns , and crowns his labours with joy and plenty . - Thus the man who distributes his fortune with generosity and prudence , is amply re- paid by the gratitude of those whom he obliges , by the ...
... springs up , is gathered into his barns , and crowns his labours with joy and plenty . - Thus the man who distributes his fortune with generosity and prudence , is amply re- paid by the gratitude of those whom he obliges , by the ...
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... spring up among many , whom we consider as reprobates . 3. No one ought to consider himself as insignificant in the sight of his Creator . In our several stations , we are all sent forth to be labourers in the vineyard of our heavenly ...
... spring up among many , whom we consider as reprobates . 3. No one ought to consider himself as insignificant in the sight of his Creator . In our several stations , we are all sent forth to be labourers in the vineyard of our heavenly ...
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... spring all his senses were gratified , and all care was banished from his heart . 3. Thus he went on , till the sun approached his meridian , and the increased heat preyed upon his strength ; he then looked round about him for some more ...
... spring all his senses were gratified , and all care was banished from his heart . 3. Thus he went on , till the sun approached his meridian , and the increased heat preyed upon his strength ; he then looked round about him for some more ...
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... spring of certain misery to the person who indulges it . His friends will be few ; and small will be his comfort in those whom he possesses . Believing others to be his enemies , he will of course make them such . Let his caution be ...
... spring of certain misery to the person who indulges it . His friends will be few ; and small will be his comfort in those whom he possesses . Believing others to be his enemies , he will of course make them such . Let his caution be ...
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