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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... able to resist the danger aris- ing from future intercourse with the world . The Author has endeavoured to relieve the grave and serious parts of his collection , by the occasional admission of pieces which amuse as well as instruct ...
... able to resist the danger aris- ing from future intercourse with the world . The Author has endeavoured to relieve the grave and serious parts of his collection , by the occasional admission of pieces which amuse as well as instruct ...
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... able to give most body , most persevering force of sound , to that pitch of voice , to which in conversation we are accustomed . Whereas by setting out NOTE . For many of the observations contained in this preliminary tract , the Author ...
... able to give most body , most persevering force of sound , to that pitch of voice , to which in conversation we are accustomed . Whereas by setting out NOTE . For many of the observations contained in this preliminary tract , the Author ...
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... able to proceed through it , with that easy and masterly man- mer , which has its good effects in this , as well as in every other art . " SECTION VII . Pauses . PAUSES or rests , in speaking or reading , are a total cessation of the ...
... able to proceed through it , with that easy and masterly man- mer , which has its good effects in this , as well as in every other art . " SECTION VII . Pauses . PAUSES or rests , in speaking or reading , are a total cessation of the ...
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... able to separate us from the love of God . " The reader who would wish to see a minute and ingenious investigation of the nature of these inflections , and the rules by which they are governed , may consult Walker's Elements of ...
... able to separate us from the love of God . " The reader who would wish to see a minute and ingenious investigation of the nature of these inflections , and the rules by which they are governed , may consult Walker's Elements of ...
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... able to separate us from the love of God . " The reader who would wish to see a minute and ingenious investigation of the nature of these inflections , and the rules by which they are governed , may consult Walker's Elements of ...
... able to separate us from the love of God . " The reader who would wish to see a minute and ingenious investigation of the nature of these inflections , and the rules by which they are governed , may consult Walker's Elements of ...
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