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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... rich , study not to in- crease his stores , but to diminish his desires . " " The Mexican figures , or picture writing , represent things , not words : they exhibit images to the eye , not ideas to the understanding . " or , as Some ...
... rich , study not to in- crease his stores , but to diminish his desires . " " The Mexican figures , or picture writing , represent things , not words : they exhibit images to the eye , not ideas to the understanding . " or , as Some ...
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... rich embroidery , placed for his favourite . Sideboards , loaded with gold and silver plate of immense value , were arranged in the apartment . 3. Pages of extraordinary beauty were ordered to attend his ta- ble , and to obey his ...
... rich embroidery , placed for his favourite . Sideboards , loaded with gold and silver plate of immense value , were arranged in the apartment . 3. Pages of extraordinary beauty were ordered to attend his ta- ble , and to obey his ...
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... rich . " . 6. Full of his new resolution , he shut himself in his chamber for six months , to deliberate how he should grow rich . He sometimes purposed to offer himself as a counsellor to one of the kings in India ; and sometimes ...
... rich . " . 6. Full of his new resolution , he shut himself in his chamber for six months , to deliberate how he should grow rich . He sometimes purposed to offer himself as a counsellor to one of the kings in India ; and sometimes ...
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... rich by silent profit , and persevering industry . 10. Having sold his patrimony , he engaged in merchandise ; and in twenty years purchased lands , on which he raised a house , equal in sumptuousness to that of the vizier , to which he ...
... rich by silent profit , and persevering industry . 10. Having sold his patrimony , he engaged in merchandise ; and in twenty years purchased lands , on which he raised a house , equal in sumptuousness to that of the vizier , to which he ...
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... rich , who have not more than they want , there are few rich men in any of the politer nations , but among the middle sort of people , who keep their wishes within their fortunes , and have more wealth than they know how to enjoy . 7 ...
... rich , who have not more than they want , there are few rich men in any of the politer nations , but among the middle sort of people , who keep their wishes within their fortunes , and have more wealth than they know how to enjoy . 7 ...
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