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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... arm , perhaps will be best described , by supposing an ob- long hollow square formed by the measure of four arms as in plate where the arm in its true position , forms the diagonal of such an imaginary figure . So that if lines were ...
... arm , perhaps will be best described , by supposing an ob- long hollow square formed by the measure of four arms as in plate where the arm in its true position , forms the diagonal of such an imaginary figure . So that if lines were ...
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... arms are de scribed in PLATE H. , 7 When the pupil has got in the habit of holding his hand and arm properly , he may be taught to move it . In this motion he must be careful to keep the arm from the body . He must neither draw the ...
... arms are de scribed in PLATE H. , 7 When the pupil has got in the habit of holding his hand and arm properly , he may be taught to move it . In this motion he must be careful to keep the arm from the body . He must neither draw the ...
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... arm nearly on a line with the shoulder , and forming an augle of a square with the body ; ( See PLATE 11. ) this motion of the arm will naturally bring the hand , with the palm downwards , in a horizontal position , and when it ...
... arm nearly on a line with the shoulder , and forming an augle of a square with the body ; ( See PLATE 11. ) this motion of the arm will naturally bring the hand , with the palm downwards , in a horizontal position , and when it ...
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... arms must hang in their natural place , by the sides : Unless what is spoken , by one , is of such importance , as to excite agitation and surprise , in the other . But if we should be sparing of gesture at all times , we should be more ...
... arms must hang in their natural place , by the sides : Unless what is spoken , by one , is of such importance , as to excite agitation and surprise , in the other . But if we should be sparing of gesture at all times , we should be more ...
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... arms ; nor will he bestow that attention on his action , which ought to be directed to its pronunciation : He will always be in a po- sition which will not disgrace his figure , and when this gesture is easy to him , it may serve as a ...
... arms ; nor will he bestow that attention on his action , which ought to be directed to its pronunciation : He will always be in a po- sition which will not disgrace his figure , and when this gesture is easy to him , it may serve as a ...
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