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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... observe , that the Reader and the Sequel , besides teaching to read accurately , and inculcating many important sentiments , may be considered as auxiliaries to the Author's English Grammar ; as practical illustrations of the principles ...
... observe , that the Reader and the Sequel , besides teaching to read accurately , and inculcating many important sentiments , may be considered as auxiliaries to the Author's English Grammar ; as practical illustrations of the principles ...
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... observe that , in the existing publications de- signed for the perusal of young persons , the preponderance is greatly on the side of gay and amusing productions . Too much attention may be paid to this medium of improvement . When the ...
... observe that , in the existing publications de- signed for the perusal of young persons , the preponderance is greatly on the side of gay and amusing productions . Too much attention may be paid to this medium of improvement . When the ...
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... observe , that there may be also an extreme on the opposite side . It is obvious that a lifeless , drawling manner of reading , which allows the minds of the hearers to be always out- running the speaker , must render every such ...
... observe , that there may be also an extreme on the opposite side . It is obvious that a lifeless , drawling manner of reading , which allows the minds of the hearers to be always out- running the speaker , must render every such ...
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... observation , which it may not be improper here to make . In the English language , every word which consists of more syllables than one , has one accented syllable . The accents rest sometimes on the vowel , sometimes on the consonant ...
... observation , which it may not be improper here to make . In the English language , every word which consists of more syllables than one , has one accented syllable . The accents rest sometimes on the vowel , sometimes on the consonant ...
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... observe , that the mind , in communicating its ideas , is in a constant state of activity , emotion , or agitation , from the different effects which those ideas produce in the speaker . Now the end of such communication being , not ...
... observe , that the mind , in communicating its ideas , is in a constant state of activity , emotion , or agitation , from the different effects which those ideas produce in the speaker . Now the end of such communication being , not ...
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