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 MindPeter B. Gleason and Company, 1812 - 382 sivua |
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Sivu 8
... head , the arm should with a jerk be suddenly straightened into its first position , at the very moment the emphatical word is pronounced . This coincidence of the hand and voice , will greatly en- force the pronunciation ; and if they ...
... head , the arm should with a jerk be suddenly straightened into its first position , at the very moment the emphatical word is pronounced . This coincidence of the hand and voice , will greatly en- force the pronunciation ; and if they ...
Sivu 16
... head is 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 ...
... head is 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 ...
Sivu 19
... head stooping , and the eye poring , the eyebrows drawn down . · Attention , to an esteemed , or superior character , has the same aspect ; and requires silence ; the eyes often cast down upon the ground ; sometimes fixed on the face of ...
... head stooping , and the eye poring , the eyebrows drawn down . · Attention , to an esteemed , or superior character , has the same aspect ; and requires silence ; the eyes often cast down upon the ground ; sometimes fixed on the face of ...
Sivu 20
... head upon the breast ; casts down the eyes , shuts and pinches the eyelids close ; shuts the mouth , and pinches the lips close , or bites them . Suddenly the whole body is vehemently agitated . The person walks about busily ; stops ...
... head upon the breast ; casts down the eyes , shuts and pinches the eyelids close ; shuts the mouth , and pinches the lips close , or bites them . Suddenly the whole body is vehemently agitated . The person walks about busily ; stops ...
Sivu 21
... head is hung down upon the breast . The arms are bended at the elbows ; the fists are clenched hard ; the veins and muscles swelled ; the skin livid ; and the whole body strained and violently agitated ; groans , expressive of inward ...
... head is hung down upon the breast . The arms are bended at the elbows ; the fists are clenched hard ; the veins and muscles swelled ; the skin livid ; and the whole body strained and violently agitated ; groans , expressive of inward ...
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