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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... shew him by example , the action he is to make use of . In this case , the teacher's left hand will correspond to the pupil's right ; by which means he will see , as in a looking - glass , how to regulate his gesture , and will soon ...
... shew him by example , the action he is to make use of . In this case , the teacher's left hand will correspond to the pupil's right ; by which means he will see , as in a looking - glass , how to regulate his gesture , and will soon ...
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... shew in general its present state . The head is sometimes erect- el , sometimes hung down , sometimes drawn suddenly back with an air of disdain , sometimes shews by a nod a partic- ular person or object ; gives assent , or denial , by ...
... shew in general its present state . The head is sometimes erect- el , sometimes hung down , sometimes drawn suddenly back with an air of disdain , sometimes shews by a nod a partic- ular person or object ; gives assent , or denial , by ...
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... shew tranquillity or joy . Mirth opens the mouth toward the ears , crisps the nose , half shuts the eyes , and sometimes fills them with tears The front wrinkled into frowns , and the eyebrows overhanging the eyes , like clouds ...
... shew tranquillity or joy . Mirth opens the mouth toward the ears , crisps the nose , half shuts the eyes , and sometimes fills them with tears The front wrinkled into frowns , and the eyebrows overhanging the eyes , like clouds ...
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... shew fear or sensibility of pain ; but not in the same mauner as a girl would express those sensations . Grief may be expressed by a person reading a melancholy story , or a description in a room . It may be acted upon the stage . It ...
... shew fear or sensibility of pain ; but not in the same mauner as a girl would express those sensations . Grief may be expressed by a person reading a melancholy story , or a description in a room . It may be acted upon the stage . It ...
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... shew , that it is more frequently proper to raise the voice , than to fall it at the end of a sentence . Interrogatives , where the speaker seems to expect an answer , should al- most always be elevated at the close , with a particular ...
... shew , that it is more frequently proper to raise the voice , than to fall it at the end of a sentence . Interrogatives , where the speaker seems to expect an answer , should al- most always be elevated at the close , with a particular ...
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