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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... poor ? -Show thyself active and industrious , peace- able and contented . Art thou wealthy ? -Show thyself beneficent and charitable , condescending and humane . 9. Though religion removes not all the evils of life , though it promises ...
... poor ? -Show thyself active and industrious , peace- able and contented . Art thou wealthy ? -Show thyself beneficent and charitable , condescending and humane . 9. Though religion removes not all the evils of life , though it promises ...
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... poor wounded soldier , who happened at that instant to be carried by him , looked up to it with wishful eyes . The gallant and gene- rous Sidney took the bottle from his mouth , and delivered it to the soldier , saying , " Thy necessity ...
... poor wounded soldier , who happened at that instant to be carried by him , looked up to it with wishful eyes . The gallant and gene- rous Sidney took the bottle from his mouth , and delivered it to the soldier , saying , " Thy necessity ...
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... poor , lendeth to the Lord ; that which he hath given , will he pay him again . 10. If thine enemy be hungry , give him bread to eat ; and if he be thirsty , give him water to drink . 11. He that planted the ear , shall he not hear ? He ...
... poor , lendeth to the Lord ; that which he hath given , will he pay him again . 10. If thine enemy be hungry , give him bread to eat ; and if he be thirsty , give him water to drink . 11. He that planted the ear , shall he not hear ? He ...
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... poor subsistence , to support the wife and children whom they love , and who look up to them with eager eyes for that bread which they can hardly procure ; multitudes groaning under sickness in desolate cottages , untended and unmourned ...
... poor subsistence , to support the wife and children whom they love , and who look up to them with eager eyes for that bread which they can hardly procure ; multitudes groaning under sickness in desolate cottages , untended and unmourned ...
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... poor ; and the wise have very little power of flattering themselves . That man is surely the most wretched of the sons of wretchedness , who lives with his own faults and follies always before him ; and who has none to reconcile him to ...
... poor ; and the wise have very little power of flattering themselves . That man is surely the most wretched of the sons of wretchedness , who lives with his own faults and follies always before him ; and who has none to reconcile him to ...
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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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