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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 38
Page 20
... fears , joy and sorrow , are , therefore , so blended in his life , as both to give room for wordly pursuits , and to recall , from time to time , the admonitions of conscience . SECTION IV . 1. TIME Once past never returns : the moment ...
... fears , joy and sorrow , are , therefore , so blended in his life , as both to give room for wordly pursuits , and to recall , from time to time , the admonitions of conscience . SECTION IV . 1. TIME Once past never returns : the moment ...
Page 27
... fear . Listen with reverence to every reprehension of con- science ; and preserve the most quick and accurate sensibility to right and wrong . If ever your moral impressions begin to de- cay , and your natural abhorrence of guilt to ...
... fear . Listen with reverence to every reprehension of con- science ; and preserve the most quick and accurate sensibility to right and wrong . If ever your moral impressions begin to de- cay , and your natural abhorrence of guilt to ...
Page 38
... fear , and ravage and expiration . All the horrours of darkness and solitude surrounded him : the winds roared in the woods ; and the torrents tumbled from the hills . 11 Thus forlorn and distressed , he wandered through the wild ...
... fear , and ravage and expiration . All the horrours of darkness and solitude surrounded him : the winds roared in the woods ; and the torrents tumbled from the hills . 11 Thus forlorn and distressed , he wandered through the wild ...
Page 39
... fear , but labour , began to overcome him ; his breath grew short , and his knees trembled ; and he was on the point of lying down in resignation to his fate , when he beheld , through the bram- bles , the glimmer of a taper . 12. He ...
... fear , but labour , began to overcome him ; his breath grew short , and his knees trembled ; and he was on the point of lying down in resignation to his fate , when he beheld , through the bram- bles , the glimmer of a taper . 12. He ...
Page 43
... fear there is torment , " how mis- erable must be his state , who , by living in perpetual jealousy , lives in perpetual dread ! 3. Looking upon himself to be surrounded with spies , enemies , and designing men , he is a stranger to ...
... fear there is torment , " how mis- erable must be his state , who , by living in perpetual jealousy , lives in perpetual dread ! 3. Looking upon himself to be surrounded with spies , enemies , and designing men , he is a stranger to ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
ADDISON ages offend amidst Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray Aristippus Aristotle attend beauty behold BLAIR blessing block of marble cæsural pause Caius Verres character comfort death delightful Dioclesian distress divine dread earth enjoy enjoyments envy errours eternity ev'ry evil falling inflection father folly give gratitude happiness Hazael heart heaven Heraclitus honour hope human indulge judgement Jugurtha kind labours live look Lord mankind manner mercy Micipsa mind misery misfortunes morning calls nature never numbers Numidia o'er ourselves pain passions peace perfection perly person Phidias philosopher pleasing pleasure possess pow'r praise Praxiteles pride proper publick Pythias reading reason religion render rest rich rising savage nations scene SECTION sense sentence sentiments shade shine Sicily smiles sometimes sorrow soul sound spirit superiour sweet temper tempest thee things thou thought tion vanity verse vice virtue voice wisdom wise youth