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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... look , and that jeu de thea- tre , as it is called , so essential to a tolerable dramatic exhibition , and which actors themselves can scarcely attain . In short , it is speaking , rather than acting , which school boys should be taught ...
... look , and that jeu de thea- tre , as it is called , so essential to a tolerable dramatic exhibition , and which actors themselves can scarcely attain . In short , it is speaking , rather than acting , which school boys should be taught ...
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... looks alone appears in a won- drously striking manner , in the works of the painter and statuary ; who have the delicate art of making the flat canvass and rocky marble utter every passion of the ha man mind , and touch the soul of the ...
... looks alone appears in a won- drously striking manner , in the works of the painter and statuary ; who have the delicate art of making the flat canvass and rocky marble utter every passion of the ha man mind , and touch the soul of the ...
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... look asquint , from time to time , at the object ; and quits the cheerful aspect for one mixed between an affected grin and sourness . The upper lip is drawn up with an air of disdain . The arms are set akimbo on the hips ; and the ...
... look asquint , from time to time , at the object ; and quits the cheerful aspect for one mixed between an affected grin and sourness . The upper lip is drawn up with an air of disdain . The arms are set akimbo on the hips ; and the ...
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... looks , gestures , and utterance of joy ; but moderate . Gravity or Seriousness , the mind fixed upon some impor- tant subject , draws down the eyebrows a little , casts down , or shuts , or raises the eyes to heaven ; shuts the mouth ...
... looks , gestures , and utterance of joy ; but moderate . Gravity or Seriousness , the mind fixed upon some impor- tant subject , draws down the eyebrows a little , casts down , or shuts , or raises the eyes to heaven ; shuts the mouth ...
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... looks down upon distress with lifted hands ; eyebrows drawn down ; mouth open ; and features drawn together . Its expression , as to looks and gesture , is the same with those of suffering . ( see Suffering ) but more moderate , as the ...
... looks down upon distress with lifted hands ; eyebrows drawn down ; mouth open ; and features drawn together . Its expression , as to looks and gesture , is the same with those of suffering . ( see Suffering ) but more moderate , as the ...
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