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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Page 14
... temper the source of misery to its possessor 6. Comforts of religion • 7. Diffidence of our abilities a mark of wisdom 8. On the importance of order in the distribution of our time 9. The dignity of virtue amidst corrupt examples 10 ...
... temper the source of misery to its possessor 6. Comforts of religion • 7. Diffidence of our abilities a mark of wisdom 8. On the importance of order in the distribution of our time 9. The dignity of virtue amidst corrupt examples 10 ...
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... temper with respect to one another 8. Excellence of the Holy Scriptures 9. Reflections occasioned by a review of the blessings pronounced by Christ 10. Schemes of life often illusory on his disciples , in his sermon on the mount 11. The ...
... temper with respect to one another 8. Excellence of the Holy Scriptures 9. Reflections occasioned by a review of the blessings pronounced by Christ 10. Schemes of life often illusory on his disciples , in his sermon on the mount 11. The ...
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... tempered with thoughtful and serious retreat . 17. He who would act like a wise man , and build his house on the rock , and not on the sand , should contemplate human life , not only in the sunshine , but in the shade . NOTE . In the ...
... tempered with thoughtful and serious retreat . 17. He who would act like a wise man , and build his house on the rock , and not on the sand , should contemplate human life , not only in the sunshine , but in the shade . NOTE . In the ...
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... temper , and the guilty passions of the bad , frus- trate the effect of every advantage which the world confers on them . 6. The external misfortunes of life , disappointments , poverty , and sickness , are light in comparison of those ...
... temper , and the guilty passions of the bad , frus- trate the effect of every advantage which the world confers on them . 6. The external misfortunes of life , disappointments , poverty , and sickness , are light in comparison of those ...
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... temper , the sentiments , the morality , and , in ge- neral , the whole conduct and character of men , are influenced by the example and disposition of the persons with whom they asso- ciate , is a reflection which has long since passed ...
... temper , the sentiments , the morality , and , in ge- neral , the whole conduct and character of men , are influenced by the example and disposition of the persons with whom they asso- ciate , is a reflection which has long since passed ...
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