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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... honour of man . 91 94 96 · 97 100 103 105 • 106 . 107 109 · . 110 111 113 ib . · · 114 • 116 • 117 16. The pleasures resulting from a proper use of our faculties pleasures 21. Trust in the care of Providence recommended . 13. The ...
... honour of man . 91 94 96 · 97 100 103 105 • 106 . 107 109 · . 110 111 113 ib . · · 114 • 116 • 117 16. The pleasures resulting from a proper use of our faculties pleasures 21. Trust in the care of Providence recommended . 13. The ...
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... honour . Her ways are ways of pleasantness , and all her paths are peace . 16. How good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell toge- ther in unity ! It is like precious ointment : Like the dew of Her- mon , and the dew that ...
... honour . Her ways are ways of pleasantness , and all her paths are peace . 16. How good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell toge- ther in unity ! It is like precious ointment : Like the dew of Her- mon , and the dew that ...
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... honours and enjoyments which royalty could bestow . SECTION II . • CICERO . Change of external condition is often adverse to virtue . 1. In the days of Joram , king of Israel , flourished the prophet Elisha . His character was so ...
... honours and enjoyments which royalty could bestow . SECTION II . • CICERO . Change of external condition is often adverse to virtue . 1. In the days of Joram , king of Israel , flourished the prophet Elisha . His character was so ...
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... honours which he possessed were next to royal , his pride was every day fed with that servile homage , which is pecu- liar to Asiatick courts ; and all the servants of the king prostrated themselves before him . In the midst of this ...
... honours which he possessed were next to royal , his pride was every day fed with that servile homage , which is pecu- liar to Asiatick courts ; and all the servants of the king prostrated themselves before him . In the midst of this ...
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... honour , swells into a momentous object ; and the slightest attack seems to threaten immediate ruin . 4. But after passion or pride has subsided , we look around in vain for the mighty mischiefs we dreaded . The fabrick , which our ...
... honour , swells into a momentous object ; and the slightest attack seems to threaten immediate ruin . 4. But after passion or pride has subsided , we look around in vain for the mighty mischiefs we dreaded . The fabrick , which our ...
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