Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the Improvement of Youth in Reading and Speaking ... to which are Prefixed, Elements of Gesture ... and Rules for Expressing, with Propriety, the Various Passions, &c. of the Mind |
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... kind of instruction , accord- ing 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 teacher , then by the boy who reads best , and then by ...
... kind of instruction , accord- ing 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 teacher , then by the boy who reads best , and then by ...
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... kind , complacent look ; unless matter of offence has passed , as neglect of duty or the like . Judging , demands a grave , steady look , with deep atten- tion ; the countenance altogether clear from any appear- ance of either disgust ...
... kind , complacent look ; unless matter of offence has passed , as neglect of duty or the like . Judging , demands a grave , steady look , with deep atten- tion ; the countenance altogether clear from any appear- ance of either disgust ...
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... kind aspect and tone of voice ; the right hand open , gently waved to- ward the person with displeasure , besides the look and tone of voice which suit displeasure , the hand is hastily thrown out toward the person dismissed , the back ...
... kind aspect and tone of voice ; the right hand open , gently waved to- ward the person with displeasure , besides the look and tone of voice which suit displeasure , the hand is hastily thrown out toward the person dismissed , the back ...
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... kind . Revenge , expresses itself as malice . Cruelty . ( See Anger , Aversion , Malice , and the other irascible passions . ) Complaining , as when one is under violent bodily pain , distorts the features ; almost closes the eyes ...
... kind . Revenge , expresses itself as malice . Cruelty . ( See Anger , Aversion , Malice , and the other irascible passions . ) Complaining , as when one is under violent bodily pain , distorts the features ; almost closes the eyes ...
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... kind : Anger may glance into the breast of a wise man ; but rests only in the bosom of fools . 7 An angry man who suppresses his passion , thinks worse than he speaks ; and an angry man that will chide , speaks worse than he thinks ...
... kind : Anger may glance into the breast of a wise man ; but rests only in the bosom of fools . 7 An angry man who suppresses his passion , thinks worse than he speaks ; and an angry man that will chide , speaks worse than he thinks ...
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