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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... kind of instruction , according to their abilities ; that a class should not consist of more than ten ; that about eight or ten lines of some speech should be read first by the teachers , then by the boy who reads best , and then by the ...
... kind of instruction , according to their abilities ; that a class should not consist of more than ten ; that about eight or ten lines of some speech should be read first by the teachers , then by the boy who reads best , and then by the ...
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... kind , and all reading the same portion . This portion they must be ordered to get by heart against the next lesson ; and then the first boy must speak it , standing some distance before the rest . in the manner directed in the Plates ...
... kind , and all reading the same portion . This portion they must be ordered to get by heart against the next lesson ; and then the first boy must speak it , standing some distance before the rest . in the manner directed in the Plates ...
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... See Exhorting as by a general at the head of his army , re- quires a kind . complacent look ; unless matter of offence has passed , as neglect of duty , or the like . Judging , demands a grave , steady look , with OF GESTURE . 33.
... See Exhorting as by a general at the head of his army , re- quires a kind . complacent look ; unless matter of offence has passed , as neglect of duty , or the like . Judging , demands a grave , steady look , with OF GESTURE . 33.
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... . Dismissing , with approbation , is done with a kind as- peet and tone of voice ; the right hand open , gently waved toward the person ; with displeasure , besides the look aud tone of voice which suit displeasure , the hand is 31 ...
... . Dismissing , with approbation , is done with a kind as- peet and tone of voice ; the right hand open , gently waved toward the person ; with displeasure , besides the look aud tone of voice which suit displeasure , the hand is 31 ...
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... anger ; but the pitch not so loud . Envy , is a little more moderate in its gestures , than mal- ice : but much the same in kind . Revenge , expresses itself as malice . Cruelty ( See Anger , Aversion , Malice , and OF GESTURE . 39.
... anger ; but the pitch not so loud . Envy , is a little more moderate in its gestures , than mal- ice : but much the same in kind . Revenge , expresses itself as malice . Cruelty ( See Anger , Aversion , Malice , and OF GESTURE . 39.
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