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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... means , than the force of example influencing the imitative powers of the learner . Some rules and principles on these heads will , however , be found useful , to prevent erroneous and vicious modes of utterance ; to give the young ...
... means , than the force of example influencing the imitative powers of the learner . Some rules and principles on these heads will , however , be found useful , to prevent erroneous and vicious modes of utterance ; to give the young ...
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... means be sufficient to attend to the points used in printing ; for these are far from marking all the pauses , which ought to be made in reading . A mechanical attention to these resting places , has per- haps been one cause of monotony ...
... means be sufficient to attend to the points used in printing ; for these are far from marking all the pauses , which ought to be made in reading . A mechanical attention to these resting places , has per- haps been one cause of monotony ...
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... mean their minds , passions , notions , as well as their persons , for- tunes , and dignities , ) - I presume the self - love , common to human nature , would generally make them prefer their own condition . 6. We have obliged some ...
... mean their minds , passions , notions , as well as their persons , for- tunes , and dignities , ) - I presume the self - love , common to human nature , would generally make them prefer their own condition . 6. We have obliged some ...
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... means agreeable to her . She even re- fused to accept the crown ; pleaded the preferable right of the two princesses ; expressed her dread of the consequences attend- ing an enterprise so dangerous , not to say so criminal ; and de ...
... means agreeable to her . She even re- fused to accept the crown ; pleaded the preferable right of the two princesses ; expressed her dread of the consequences attend- ing an enterprise so dangerous , not to say so criminal ; and de ...
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... means to unite plea- sure with business , and to gain the rewards of diligence without suffering its fatigues . 5. He , therefore , still continued to walk for a time , without the least remission of his ardour , except that he was ...
... means to unite plea- sure with business , and to gain the rewards of diligence without suffering its fatigues . 5. He , therefore , still continued to walk for a time , without the least remission of his ardour , except that he was ...
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