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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... fall , if lifted up to show that the body does not bear upon it . The knees should be straight , and braced , and the body , though perfectly straight , not per- pendicular , but inclining as far to the right as a firm po- sition on the ...
... fall , if lifted up to show that the body does not bear upon it . The knees should be straight , and braced , and the body , though perfectly straight , not per- pendicular , but inclining as far to the right as a firm po- sition on the ...
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... fall into , which is , that of inelining the elbow to the body . This position of the hand , so necessarily keeps the elbow out , that it would not be improper to make the pupil sometimes practise it , though he may have no defect in ...
... fall into , which is , that of inelining the elbow to the body . This position of the hand , so necessarily keeps the elbow out , that it would not be improper to make the pupil sometimes practise it , though he may have no defect in ...
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... fall into a small curvature of the elbow , to beat time , as it were , to the emphatic word ; and if , in doing this , he is constant- ly urged to raise the elbow , and to keep it at a distance from the body , the action of the arm will ...
... fall into a small curvature of the elbow , to beat time , as it were , to the emphatic word ; and if , in doing this , he is constant- ly urged to raise the elbow , and to keep it at a distance from the body , the action of the arm will ...
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... fall into naturally ; and , if there are such as are really graceful and becoming ( and such it is presumed are those which have been just desrib- ed ) they will be adopted , with more facility than any other that can be taught him ...
... fall into naturally ; and , if there are such as are really graceful and becoming ( and such it is presumed are those which have been just desrib- ed ) they will be adopted , with more facility than any other that can be taught him ...
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... fall in- to very wild and ungraceful action , which , when once form- ed into habit , can scarcely ever be corrected : Giving them therefore , a general outline of good action , must be of the utmost consequence to their progress and ...
... fall in- to very wild and ungraceful action , which , when once form- ed into habit , can scarcely ever be corrected : Giving them therefore , a general outline of good action , must be of the utmost consequence to their progress and ...
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