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 pages Describes the wonders of light and optics, exploring such developments as lasers, fiber optics, and holography. |
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... eye or ear of innocence . This he conceives to be peculiarly incumbent on every person who writes for the be- nefit of youth . It would , indeed , be a great and happy improve- ment in education , if no writings were allowed to come ...
... eye or ear of innocence . This he conceives to be peculiarly incumbent on every person who writes for the be- nefit of youth . It would , indeed , be a great and happy improve- ment in education , if no writings were allowed to come ...
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... eye on some of the most distant persons in the company , and to 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 ...
... eye on some of the most distant persons in the company , and to 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 ...
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... eye , not ideas to the understanding . " or , as Some sentences are so full and comprehensive , that almost every word is emphatical as , " Ye hills and dales , ye rivers , woods , and plains ! " that pathetick expostulation in the ...
... eye , not ideas to the understanding . " or , as Some sentences are so full and comprehensive , that almost every word is emphatical as , " Ye hills and dales , ye rivers , woods , and plains ! " that pathetick expostulation in the ...
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... eyes for human misery , convey satisfaction to the heart . 22. They who have nothing to give , can often afford relief to others , by imparting what they feel . 23. Our ignorance of what is to come , and of what is really good or evil ...
... eyes for human misery , convey satisfaction to the heart . 22. They who have nothing to give , can often afford relief to others , by imparting what they feel . 23. Our ignorance of what is to come , and of what is really good or evil ...
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... eyes . The gallant and gene- rous Sidney took the bottle from his mouth , and delivered it to the soldier , saying , " Thy necessity is yet greater than mine . " 9. Alexander the Great demanded of a pirate , whom he had taken , by what ...
... eyes . The gallant and gene- rous Sidney took the bottle from his mouth , and delivered it to the soldier , saying , " Thy necessity is yet greater than mine . " 9. Alexander the Great demanded of a pirate , whom he had taken , by what ...
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