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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... gratitude 3. On forgiveness 4. Motives to the practice of gentleness · • • 5. A suspicious temper the source of misery to its possessor 6. Comforts of religion • 7. Diffidence of our abilities a mark of wisdom 8. On the importance of ...
... gratitude 3. On forgiveness 4. Motives to the practice of gentleness · • • 5. A suspicious temper the source of misery to its possessor 6. Comforts of religion • 7. Diffidence of our abilities a mark of wisdom 8. On the importance of ...
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... gratitude enliven prosperity 130 23. Virtue , when deeply rooted , is not subject to the influence of fortune 24. The speech of Fabricius , a Roman ambassador , to king Pyrrhus 25. Character of James I. king of England 132 133 26 ...
... gratitude enliven prosperity 130 23. Virtue , when deeply rooted , is not subject to the influence of fortune 24. The speech of Fabricius , a Roman ambassador , to king Pyrrhus 25. Character of James I. king of England 132 133 26 ...
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... Gratitude . 175 · 7. A man perishing in the snow ; from whence reflections are raised on - the miseries of life 8. A morning hymn 177 178 · • • Sect . 1. Ode to content . • CHAPTER VI . Promiscuous Pieces . 2. The shepherd and the ...
... Gratitude . 175 · 7. A man perishing in the snow ; from whence reflections are raised on - the miseries of life 8. A morning hymn 177 178 · • • Sect . 1. Ode to content . • CHAPTER VI . Promiscuous Pieces . 2. The shepherd and the ...
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... gratitude of those whom he obliges , by the approba- tion of his own mind , and by the favour of Heaven . 2. Temperance , by fortifying the mind and body , leads to happi- ness : intemperance , by enervating them , ends generally in ...
... gratitude of those whom he obliges , by the approba- tion of his own mind , and by the favour of Heaven . 2. Temperance , by fortifying the mind and body , leads to happi- ness : intemperance , by enervating them , ends generally in ...
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... gratitude . 13. When the repast was over , " Tell me , " said the hermit , " by what chance thou hast been brought hither ? I have been now twenty years an inhabitant of the wilderness , in which I never saw a man before . " Obidah then ...
... gratitude . 13. When the repast was over , " Tell me , " said the hermit , " by what chance thou hast been brought hither ? I have been now twenty years an inhabitant of the wilderness , in which I never saw a man before . " Obidah then ...
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