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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... action to the word , and the word to the ac- tion , as Shakespeare calls it , is the most difficult part of delivery ... action , is still more offensive and disgusting . What then remains , but that such a general style of action be ...
... action to the word , and the word to the ac- tion , as Shakespeare calls it , is the most difficult part of delivery ... action , is still more offensive and disgusting . What then remains , but that such a general style of action be ...
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... action be adopted , as shall be ea- sily conceived , and easily executed ; which , though not expressive of any particular passion , shall not be incon- sistent with the expression of any passion ; which shall always keep the body in a ...
... action be adopted , as shall be ea- sily conceived , and easily executed ; which , though not expressive of any particular passion , shall not be incon- sistent with the expression of any passion ; which shall always keep the body in a ...
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... keep it at a distance from the body , the action of the arm will natur- ally grow up into that we have just described . So the diagonal position of the arm , though the most graceful 347 PLATE III . D and easy when the body 16 ELEMENTS.
... keep it at a distance from the body , the action of the arm will natur- ally grow up into that we have just described . So the diagonal position of the arm , though the most graceful 347 PLATE III . D and easy when the body 16 ELEMENTS.
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... action he is to make use of . In this case , the teach- er's left hand will correspond to the pupil's right ; by which means he will see , as in a lookingglass , how to regulate his gesture , and will soon catch the method of doing it ...
... action he is to make use of . In this case , the teach- er's left hand will correspond to the pupil's right ; by which means he will see , as in a lookingglass , how to regulate his gesture , and will soon catch the method of doing it ...
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... action , and a nice discrimination of the passions , however essential on the stage , are but of secondary importance in a school . It is plain , open , distinct and forcible pronunciation , which school boys should aim at ; and not ...
... action , and a nice discrimination of the passions , however essential on the stage , are but of secondary importance in a school . It is plain , open , distinct and forcible pronunciation , which school boys should aim at ; and not ...
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