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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... word , and the word to the action , as Shakespeare calls it , is the most difficult part of delivery , and , there ... words , will be al- lowed by every one ; and if we were never to give any in- structions but such as should ...
... word , and the word to the action , as Shakespeare calls it , is the most difficult part of delivery , and , there ... words , will be al- lowed by every one ; and if we were never to give any in- structions but such as should ...
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... word is pronounced ; and the body , without altering the place of the feet , poise itself ou the left leg , while the left hand raises itself , into exactly the same position as the right was before , and continues in this position till ...
... word is pronounced ; and the body , without altering the place of the feet , poise itself ou the left leg , while the left hand raises itself , into exactly the same position as the right was before , and continues in this position till ...
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... word is pronounced . This coincidence of the hand and voice , will greatly enforce the pronunciation ; and , if they keep time , they will be in tune , as it were , to each other ; and to force and energy , and harmony and variety . As ...
... word is pronounced . This coincidence of the hand and voice , will greatly enforce the pronunciation ; and , if they keep time , they will be in tune , as it were , to each other ; and to force and energy , and harmony and variety . As ...
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... action to nature , which is acquired by dancing ; the deportment of their pupils , would soon con- vince them they were imposed on by the sound of words , Improved and beautiful nature is the object of the painter's 3 OF GESTURE . 25.
... action to nature , which is acquired by dancing ; the deportment of their pupils , would soon con- vince them they were imposed on by the sound of words , Improved and beautiful nature is the object of the painter's 3 OF GESTURE . 25.
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... words and where the language of the tongue is unknown , that of the hands is understood , being universal , and ... word spoken . The following are , I believe , the principal passions 28 ELEMENTS.
... words and where the language of the tongue is unknown , that of the hands is understood , being universal , and ... word spoken . The following are , I believe , the principal passions 28 ELEMENTS.
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