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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... attention may be paid to this medium of improvement . When the imagination , of youth especially , is much entertained , the so- ber dictates of the understanding are regarded with indifference ; and the influence of good affections is ...
... attention may be paid to this medium of improvement . When the imagination , of youth especially , is much entertained , the so- ber dictates of the understanding are regarded with indifference ; and the influence of good affections is ...
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... attention and practice , joined to ex- traordinary natural powers : but as there are many degrees of excellence in the art , the student whose aims fall short of perfection will find himself amply rewarded for every exertion he may ...
... attention and practice , joined to ex- traordinary natural powers : but as there are many degrees of excellence in the art , the student whose aims fall short of perfection will find himself amply rewarded for every exertion he may ...
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... attention of every one to whom the education of youth is committed . SECTION II . Distinctness . In the next place , to being well heard and clearly understood , distinctness of articulation contributes more than mere loudness of sound ...
... attention of every one to whom the education of youth is committed . SECTION II . Distinctness . In the next place , to being well heard and clearly understood , distinctness of articulation contributes more than mere loudness of sound ...
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... 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 fittest to ...
... 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 fittest to ...
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... attention to the tone and lan guage of emotions , we must be understood to do it with proper limitation . Moderation is necessary in this point , as it is in other things . For when read- ing becomes strictly imitative , it assumes a ...
... attention to the tone and lan guage of emotions , we must be understood to do it with proper limitation . Moderation is necessary in this point , as it is in other things . For when read- ing becomes strictly imitative , it assumes a ...
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