Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse, for the Improvement of Youth in Reading and Speaking |
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... appear in the countenance and operate on the body ; but this system , however useful to people of riper years , is too delicate and complicated to be taught in schools . Indeed the exact adaptation of the action to the word , and the ...
... appear in the countenance and operate on the body ; but this system , however useful to people of riper years , is too delicate and complicated to be taught in schools . Indeed the exact adaptation of the action to the word , and the ...
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... appear , ' how much more difficult and complicated is the action of a scene , than that of a single speech ; and , in teaching both to children , how necessary it is , to adopt as simple and ea- sy a method as possible . The easiest ...
... appear , ' how much more difficult and complicated is the action of a scene , than that of a single speech ; and , in teaching both to children , how necessary it is , to adopt as simple and ea- sy a method as possible . The easiest ...
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... appears by the composure of the countenance , and general repose of the body and limbs , without the exertion of ... appear- ance . Nor should I think raillery unworthy the attention of the lawyer ; as it may occasionally come in ...
... appears by the composure of the countenance , and general repose of the body and limbs , without the exertion of ... appear- ance . Nor should I think raillery unworthy the attention of the lawyer ; as it may occasionally come in ...
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... appearing to a disadvantage , before one's fellow creatures ; turns away the face from the beholders ; covers it with blushes ; hangs the head ; casts down the eyes ; draws down the eyebrows ; either strikes the person dumb , or , if he ...
... appearing to a disadvantage , before one's fellow creatures ; turns away the face from the beholders ; covers it with blushes ; hangs the head ; casts down the eyes ; draws down the eyebrows ; either strikes the person dumb , or , if he ...
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... appear very prominent ; sometimes raises them to the skies ; but oftener , and more expressively , fixes them on the ... appears , they immediately let it drop , unconscious ; and the whole body fixes in the contracted , stooping ...
... appear very prominent ; sometimes raises them to the skies ; but oftener , and more expressively , fixes them on the ... appears , they immediately let it drop , unconscious ; and the whole body fixes in the contracted , stooping ...
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