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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... consider ourselves as reading to them . We naturally and mechanically utter our words with such a degree of strength . as to make ourselves be heard by the person whom we address , pro- vided he is within the reach of our voice . As ...
... consider ourselves as reading to them . We naturally and mechanically utter our words with such a degree of strength . as to make ourselves be heard by the person whom we address , pro- vided he is within the reach of our voice . As ...
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... Consider yourselves not only as sen- sitive , but as rational beings ; not only as rational , but social ; not only as social , but immortal . 8. Art thou poor ? -Show thyself active and industrious , peace- able and contented . Art ...
... Consider yourselves not only as sen- sitive , but as rational beings ; not only as rational , but social ; not only as social , but immortal . 8. Art thou poor ? -Show thyself active and industrious , peace- able and contented . Art ...
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... consider , that though this may be sport to you , it is death to us . " 5. Sully , the great statesman of France , always retained at his table , in his most prosperous days , the same frugality to which he had been accustomed in early ...
... consider , that though this may be sport to you , it is death to us . " 5. Sully , the great statesman of France , always retained at his table , in his most prosperous days , the same frugality to which he had been accustomed in early ...
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... 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 Father . Every man has his work ...
... 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 Father . Every man has his work ...
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... CONSIDER a human soul , without education , like marble in the quarry which shows none of its inherent beauties , until the skill of the polisher fetches out the colours , makes the surface shine , and discovers every ornamental cloud ...
... CONSIDER a human soul , without education , like marble in the quarry which shows none of its inherent beauties , until the skill of the polisher fetches out the colours , makes the surface shine , and discovers every ornamental cloud ...
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ... Lindley Murray Visualização integral - 1830 |
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