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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... smile , opening the mouth a little more . Mirth or laug ' ter , opens the mouth still more towards the ears ; crisps the nose ; lessens the aperture of the eyes , and sometimes fills them with tears ; shakes and convuls- es the whole ...
... smile , opening the mouth a little more . Mirth or laug ' ter , opens the mouth still more towards the ears ; crisps the nose ; lessens the aperture of the eyes , and sometimes fills them with tears ; shakes and convuls- es the whole ...
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... smile bends the body a little forward , the feet equal ; spreads the arms , with the hands open , as to re- ceive ... smiles . The forehead is smoothed ard enlarged ; the eyebrows are arched ; the mouth a little open , and smiling ...
... smile bends the body a little forward , the feet equal ; spreads the arms , with the hands open , as to re- ceive ... smiles . The forehead is smoothed ard enlarged ; the eyebrows are arched ; the mouth a little open , and smiling ...
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... smile , a ridiculous surliness , or affected bravado , disgraces the bloated countenance . The mouth open , tumbles out nonsense in heaps , without articulation enough for any ear to take it in , and unworthy of attention , if it could ...
... smile , a ridiculous surliness , or affected bravado , disgraces the bloated countenance . The mouth open , tumbles out nonsense in heaps , without articulation enough for any ear to take it in , and unworthy of attention , if it could ...
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... smile . Immediately the face clouded with a general gloom , shews the mind o- vercast again with horrid suspicions and frightful imagin- ations . Then the arms are folded upon the breast ; the fists violently clenched ; the rolling ...
... smile . Immediately the face clouded with a general gloom , shews the mind o- vercast again with horrid suspicions and frightful imagin- ations . Then the arms are folded upon the breast ; the fists violently clenched ; the rolling ...
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... smile of approbation ; placed her at his right hand , and she immediately became his principal favorite and prime miu- ister . IX - The Partial Judge -LB . A FARMER came to a neighboring lawyer , expressing great concern for an accident ...
... smile of approbation ; placed her at his right hand , and she immediately became his principal favorite and prime miu- ister . IX - The Partial Judge -LB . A FARMER came to a neighboring lawyer , expressing great concern for an accident ...
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