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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... light ; and which recommend a great variety of moral duties , by the excellence of their nature , and the happy effects they produce . These subjects are exhibited in a style and manner which are calculated to arrest the atten- tion of ...
... light ; and which recommend a great variety of moral duties , by the excellence of their nature , and the happy effects they produce . These subjects are exhibited in a style and manner which are calculated to arrest the atten- tion of ...
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... light in comparison of those inward distresses of mind , occasioned by folly , by passion , and by guilt . 7. No station is so high , no power so great , no character so un- blemished , as to exempt men from the attacks of rashness ...
... light in comparison of those inward distresses of mind , occasioned by folly , by passion , and by guilt . 7. No station is so high , no power so great , no character so un- blemished , as to exempt men from the attacks of rashness ...
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... light of day : not like the aromatick gale , which sometimes feasts the sense ; but like the ordinary breeze , which purifies the air , and renders it healthful . 7. The happiness of every man depends more upon the state of his own mind ...
... light of day : not like the aromatick gale , which sometimes feasts the sense ; but like the ordinary breeze , which purifies the air , and renders it healthful . 7. The happiness of every man depends more upon the state of his own mind ...
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... light ; and finding that it pro- ceeded from the cottage of a hermit , he called humbly at the door , and obtained admission . The old man set before him such provi- sions as he had collected for himself , on which Obidah fed with ...
... light ; and finding that it pro- ceeded from the cottage of a hermit , he called humbly at the door , and obtained admission . The old man set before him such provi- sions as he had collected for himself , on which Obidah fed with ...
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... light . I am therefore much delighted with read- ing the accounts of savage nations ; and with contemplating those virtues which are wild and uncultivated : to see courage exerting itself in fierceness , resolution in obstinacy , wisdom ...
... light . I am therefore much delighted with read- ing the accounts of savage nations ; and with contemplating those virtues which are wild and uncultivated : to see courage exerting itself in fierceness , resolution in obstinacy , wisdom ...
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