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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... sometimes be too loud and vociferous . Perhaps nine out of ten , instead of too much confidence , and too violent a manner of speaking , which these teachers seem so much to dread , have , as Dr. Johnson calls it , a frigid equality , a ...
... sometimes be too loud and vociferous . Perhaps nine out of ten , instead of too much confidence , and too violent a manner of speaking , which these teachers seem so much to dread , have , as Dr. Johnson calls it , a frigid equality , a ...
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... sometimes depart from this rule , but such only will know when to do it with propriety . Occasion may be taken in the course of the scene to change sides . One speaker at the end of an impassioned speech , may cross over to the place of ...
... sometimes depart from this rule , but such only will know when to do it with propriety . Occasion may be taken in the course of the scene to change sides . One speaker at the end of an impassioned speech , may cross over to the place of ...
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... sometimes erected , sometimes hung down , sometimes drawn sud- denly back with an air of disdain , sometimes shows by a nod a particular person , or object ; gives assent , or denial , by different motions ; threatens by one sort of ...
... sometimes erected , sometimes hung down , sometimes drawn sud- denly back with an air of disdain , sometimes shows by a nod a particular person , or object ; gives assent , or denial , by different motions ; threatens by one sort of ...
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... sometimes both thrown out , sometimes the right alone . Sometimes they are lifted up as high as the face to express wonder ; sometimes held out before the breast to show fear ; spread forth with the hands open , to express desire or ...
... sometimes both thrown out , sometimes the right alone . Sometimes they are lifted up as high as the face to express wonder ; sometimes held out before the breast to show fear ; spread forth with the hands open , to express desire or ...
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... sometimes fills them with tears ; shakes and convulses the whole frame ; giving considerable pain which occasions holding the sides . The arms Raillery , in sport , without real animosity , puts on the aspect of cheerfulness . The tone ...
... sometimes fills them with tears ; shakes and convulses the whole frame ; giving considerable pain which occasions holding the sides . The arms Raillery , in sport , without real animosity , puts on the aspect of cheerfulness . The tone ...
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