The New York Speaker: A Selection of Pieces Designed for Academic Exercises in Elocution |
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SUGGESTIONS ON ATTITUDE AND ACTION . From the prominent principles of gesture , stated in the preceding paragraphs , may be deduced the details of attitude and action , as they apply to practice and training in prose declamation and ...
SUGGESTIONS ON ATTITUDE AND ACTION . From the prominent principles of gesture , stated in the preceding paragraphs , may be deduced the details of attitude and action , as they apply to practice and training in prose declamation and ...
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Further , when a change of attitude is required by a bold strain of address demanding an advance of the speaker's person , the true position causes no farther change than merely the easy one of passing the weight of the body to the ...
Further , when a change of attitude is required by a bold strain of address demanding an advance of the speaker's person , the true position causes no farther change than merely the easy one of passing the weight of the body to the ...
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Another very common fault in attitude , is that of standing with both limbs straight and both knees braced , in consequence of the fault before mentioned , of planting the weight of the body on both feet equally , instead of chiefly on ...
Another very common fault in attitude , is that of standing with both limbs straight and both knees braced , in consequence of the fault before mentioned , of planting the weight of the body on both feet equally , instead of chiefly on ...
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| Title | The New York Speaker: A Selection of Pieces Designed for Academic Exercises in Elocution |
| Author | Warren P. Edgarton |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Mason Brothers, 1860 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 30 May 2007 |
| Length | 502 pages |
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