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 Seiten Describes the wonders of light and optics, exploring such developments as lasers, fiber optics, and holography. |
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... sense of the passage , and always made alike : but as to the in- feriour emphasis , taste alone seems to have the right of fixing its situation and quantity . Among the number of persons , who have had proper opportunities of learn- ing ...
... sense of the passage , and always made alike : but as to the in- feriour emphasis , taste alone seems to have the right of fixing its situation and quantity . Among the number of persons , who have had proper opportunities of learn- ing ...
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... sense and 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 ...
... sense and 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 ...
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... sense . An emphatical pause is generally made after something has been said of peculiar moment , and on which we desire to fix the hearer's attention . Soinetimes , before such a thing is said , we usher it in with a pause of this ...
... sense . An emphatical pause is generally made after something has been said of peculiar moment , and on which we desire to fix the hearer's attention . Soinetimes , before such a thing is said , we usher it in with a pause of this ...
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... sense , so as neither to hurt the ear , nor offend the understanding , is so very nice a matter , that it is no wonder we so sel- dom meet with good readers of poetry . There are two kinds of pauses that belong to the melody of verse ...
... sense , so as neither to hurt the ear , nor offend the understanding , is so very nice a matter , that it is no wonder we so sel- dom meet with good readers of poetry . There are two kinds of pauses that belong to the melody of verse ...
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... sense and the sound , which renders it difficult to read such lines harmoniously . The rule of proper pronunciation in such cases , is to regard only the pause which the sense forms ; and to read the line accordingly . The neglect of ...
... sense and the sound , which renders it difficult to read such lines harmoniously . The rule of proper pronunciation in such cases , is to regard only the pause which the sense forms ; and to read the line accordingly . The neglect of ...
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ADDISON ages offend amidst Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray Aristippus Aristotle attend beauty behold BLAIR blessing block of marble cæsural pause Caius Verres character comfort death delightful Dioclesian distress divine dread earth enjoy enjoyments envy errours eternity ev'ry evil falling inflection father folly give gratitude happiness Hazael heart heaven Heraclitus honour hope human indulge judgement Jugurtha kind labours live look Lord mankind manner mercy Micipsa mind misery misfortunes morning calls nature never numbers Numidia o'er ourselves pain passions peace perfection perly person Phidias philosopher pleasing pleasure possess pow'r praise Praxiteles pride proper publick Pythias reading reason religion render rest rich rising savage nations scene SECTION sense sentence sentiments shade shine Sicily smiles sometimes sorrow soul sound spirit superiour sweet temper tempest thee things thou thought tion vanity verse vice virtue voice wisdom wise youth