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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... sometimes on the vowel , sometimes on the consonant . The ge- nius of the language requires the voice to mark that syllable by a stronger percussion , and to pass more slightly over the rest . Now , after we have learn-- ed the proper ...
... sometimes on the vowel , sometimes on the consonant . The ge- nius of the language requires the voice to mark that syllable by a stronger percussion , and to pass more slightly over the rest . Now , after we have learn-- ed the proper ...
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... sometimes throw it upon words so very trifling in themselves , that it is evidently done with no other view , than to give greater variety to the modulation . * Notwithstanding this diversity of practice , there are certainly proper ...
... sometimes throw it upon words so very trifling in themselves , that it is evidently done with no other view , than to give greater variety to the modulation . * Notwithstanding this diversity of practice , there are certainly proper ...
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... sometimes more words together , The following sentences exemplify both the parts of this position : " If you seek to make one rich , study not to in- crease his stores , but to diminish his desires . " " The Mexican figures , or picture ...
... sometimes more words together , The following sentences exemplify both the parts of this position : " If you seek to make one rich , study not to in- crease his stores , but to diminish his desires . " " The Mexican figures , or picture ...
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... Sometimes it is only a slight and simple suspension of voice that is proper ; sometimes a degree of cadence in the voice is required ; and sometimes that peculiar tone and cadence which denote the sentence to be finished . In all these ...
... Sometimes it is only a slight and simple suspension of voice that is proper ; sometimes a degree of cadence in the voice is required ; and sometimes that peculiar tone and cadence which denote the sentence to be finished . In all these ...
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... sometimes controls those inflections . The regular application of the rising and falling inflections , confers so much beauty on expression , and is so necessary to be studied by the young reader , that we shall insert a few more ...
... sometimes controls those inflections . The regular application of the rising and falling inflections , confers so much beauty on expression , and is so necessary to be studied by the young reader , that we shall insert a few more ...
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