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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... senses than one . The inferiour emphasis enforces , graces , and enlivens , but does not fix , the meaning of any passage . The words to which this latter emphasis is given , are , in general , such as seem the most important in the ...
... senses than one . The inferiour emphasis enforces , graces , and enlivens , but does not fix , the meaning of any passage . The words to which this latter emphasis is given , are , in general , such as seem the most important in the ...
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... sense of the passage , and always made alike : but as to the in- feriour emphasis , taste alone seems to have the right of fixing its situation and quantity . Among the number of persons , who have had proper opportunities of learn- ing ...
... sense of the passage , and always made alike : but as to the in- feriour emphasis , taste alone seems to have the right of fixing its situation and quantity . Among the number of persons , who have had proper opportunities of learn- ing ...
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... sense and attention . It is far from being an inconsiderable attainment . It is one of the most deci- sive trials of a true and just taste ; and must arise from feeling delicately our- selves , and from judging accurately of what is ...
... sense and attention . It is far from being an inconsiderable attainment . It is one of the most deci- sive trials of a true and just taste ; and must arise from feeling delicately our- selves , and from judging accurately of what is ...
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... sense . An emphatical pause is generally made after something has been said of peculiar moment , and on which we desire to fix the hearer's attention . Soinetimes , before such a thing is said , we usher it in with a pause of this ...
... sense . An emphatical pause is generally made after something has been said of peculiar moment , and on which we desire to fix the hearer's attention . Soinetimes , before such a thing is said , we usher it in with a pause of this ...
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... sense , so as neither to hurt the ear , nor offend the understanding , is so very nice a matter , that it is no wonder we so sel- dom meet with good readers of poetry . There are two kinds of pauses that belong to the melody of verse ...
... sense , so as neither to hurt the ear , nor offend the understanding , is so very nice a matter , that it is no wonder we so sel- dom meet with good readers of poetry . There are two kinds of pauses that belong to the melody of verse ...
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