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 and Emotions of the MindJohn Bioren, 1814 - 332 sivua |
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... shew that the body does not bear upon it . The knees should be straight and braced , and the body though perfectly straight , not perpendicular , but inclining so far to the right , as a firm position on the right leg will permit ...
... shew that the body does not bear upon it . The knees should be straight and braced , and the body though perfectly straight , not perpendicular , but inclining so far to the right , as a firm position on the right leg will permit ...
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... shew , in general , its present stage . The head is sometimes erected , sometimes hung down , sometimes drawn suddenly back with an air of dis- dain , sometimes shews by a nod , a particular person , or object ; gives assent , or denial ...
... shew , in general , its present stage . The head is sometimes erected , sometimes hung down , sometimes drawn suddenly back with an air of dis- dain , sometimes shews by a nod , a particular person , or object ; gives assent , or denial ...
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... shew a mind agitated with fury . Above all , the eye shews the very spirit in a visible form . In every different state of the mind , it assumes a different appearance . Joy brightens and opens it . Grief , half closes , and drowns it ...
... shew a mind agitated with fury . Above all , the eye shews the very spirit in a visible form . In every different state of the mind , it assumes a different appearance . Joy brightens and opens it . Grief , half closes , and drowns it ...
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... shew more complaisance , than to pre- tend to hearken , intent all the while upon what they themselves have to say , not considering that to seek one's own pleasure , so passionately , is not the way to please others . To be an ...
... shew more complaisance , than to pre- tend to hearken , intent all the while upon what they themselves have to say , not considering that to seek one's own pleasure , so passionately , is not the way to please others . To be an ...
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... shew her complex- ion to advantage . She cast her eyes upon herself , then turned them on those that were present , to see how they liked her ; and often looked on the figure , she made in her own shadow . Upon her nearer approach to ...
... shew her complex- ion to advantage . She cast her eyes upon herself , then turned them on those that were present , to see how they liked her ; and often looked on the figure , she made in her own shadow . Upon her nearer approach to ...
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