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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... soon learn to pay little regard to them . To crowd every sentence with emphatical words , is like crowding all the pages of a book with Italick characters ; which , as to the effect , is just the same as to - use no such distinctions at ...
... soon learn to pay little regard to them . To crowd every sentence with emphatical words , is like crowding all the pages of a book with Italick characters ; which , as to the effect , is just the same as to - use no such distinctions at ...
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... soon tired by continued action to the hearer , that the ear also may be relieved from the fatigue , which it would otherwise endure from a continuity of sound ; and that the understanding may have sufficient sime to mark the distinction ...
... soon tired by continued action to the hearer , that the ear also may be relieved from the fatigue , which it would otherwise endure from a continuity of sound ; and that the understanding may have sufficient sime to mark the distinction ...
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... soon as he came to his own house , he was forced to dis- close the agony of his mind . 7. He gathered together his friends and family , with Zeresh his wife . " He told them of the glory of his riches , and the mul- titude of his ...
... soon as he came to his own house , he was forced to dis- close the agony of his mind . 7. He gathered together his friends and family , with Zeresh his wife . " He told them of the glory of his riches , and the mul- titude of his ...
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... soon rejoin each other in a scene , where their af- fections would be for ever united ; and where death , disappoint- ment , and misfortune , could no longer have access to them , or disturb their eternal felicity . 12. It had been ...
... soon rejoin each other in a scene , where their af- fections would be for ever united ; and where death , disappoint- ment , and misfortune , could no longer have access to them , or disturb their eternal felicity . 12. It had been ...
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... soon made him weary of himself , and he longed to be persuaded that he was great and happy . He was courteous and liberal : he gave all that approached him hopes of pleasing him , and all who should please him , hopes of being rewarded ...
... soon made him weary of himself , and he longed to be persuaded that he was great and happy . He was courteous and liberal : he gave all that approached him hopes of pleasing him , and all who should please him , hopes of being rewarded ...
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