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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... 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 word to 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 word to the ...
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... countenance , and general repose of the body and limbs , without the exertion of any one muscle . The countenance open ; the forehead smooth ; the eyebrows arched ; the mouth just not shut ; and the eyes passing with an easy motion from ...
... countenance , and general repose of the body and limbs , without the exertion of any one muscle . The countenance open ; the forehead smooth ; the eyebrows arched ; the mouth just not shut ; and the eyes passing with an easy motion from ...
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... countenance is smiling not composedly , but with features aggravated . The voice rises , from time to time , to very high notes . Delight or Pleasure , as when one is entertained , or ravish- ed with music , painting , oratery , or any ...
... countenance is smiling not composedly , but with features aggravated . The voice rises , from time to time , to very high notes . Delight or Pleasure , as when one is entertained , or ravish- ed with music , painting , oratery , or any ...
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... Fear , violent and sudden , opens very wide the eyes and mouth ; shortens the nose ; draws down the eyebrows ; gives the countenance an air of wildness ; covers it with a deadly paleness ; draws back the elbows parallel with OF GESTURE .
... Fear , violent and sudden , opens very wide the eyes and mouth ; shortens the nose ; draws down the eyebrows ; gives the countenance an air of wildness ; covers it with a deadly paleness ; draws back the elbows parallel with OF GESTURE .
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... and cool , opens the countenance , gives the whole form an erect and graceful air . The accents are strong , full mouthed and articulate , the voice firm and even . t Boasting , or affected courage , is loud , 32 ELEMENTS.
... and cool , opens the countenance , gives the whole form an erect and graceful air . The accents are strong , full mouthed and articulate , the voice firm and even . t Boasting , or affected courage , is loud , 32 ELEMENTS.
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