The New York Speaker: A Selection of Pieces Designed for Academic Exercises in Elocution |
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So when a passage of quiet expression occurs , and naturally suggests a slight receding of the whole body , no other movement is needed than merely that of leaning back , and permitting the weight of the person to rest on the retired ...
So when a passage of quiet expression occurs , and naturally suggests a slight receding of the whole body , no other movement is needed than merely that of leaning back , and permitting the weight of the person to rest on the retired ...
Page 37
The characteristic attitudes and action of the principal emotions susceptible of expression , are the following : SOLEMNITY , by its natural sedateness , tends to keep the body and the hands still , but raises the head and eyes slowly .
The characteristic attitudes and action of the principal emotions susceptible of expression , are the following : SOLEMNITY , by its natural sedateness , tends to keep the body and the hands still , but raises the head and eyes slowly .
Page 41
The expression in the features is marked by the placid brow and smiling mouth and eye . In the latter mood , ( 2 , ) the gesture is that of both arms extended , parallel toward the object ; hands open or clasped ; the features a - glow ...
The expression in the features is marked by the placid brow and smiling mouth and eye . In the latter mood , ( 2 , ) the gesture is that of both arms extended , parallel toward the object ; hands open or clasped ; the features a - glow ...
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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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