The New York Speaker: A Selection of Pieces Designed for Academic Exercises in Elocution |
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... dancing school attitudes , finical niceties of anatomical display of joint or member , gliding motions of the feet , obtrusive curvilinear sweeps of the arm , and gestures introduced because they are pretty or graceful . FIRMNESS .
... dancing school attitudes , finical niceties of anatomical display of joint or member , gliding motions of the feet , obtrusive curvilinear sweeps of the arm , and gestures introduced because they are pretty or graceful . FIRMNESS .
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A true , firm , easy , and graceful position for public address , requires that the weight of the body should rest , principally , on one foot , -not on both feet equally . The latter posture renders the attitude of the whole body stiff ...
A true , firm , easy , and graceful position for public address , requires that the weight of the body should rest , principally , on one foot , -not on both feet equally . The latter posture renders the attitude of the whole body stiff ...
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in advance of the other , at the distance mentioned , as the space between the heels , while the feet are placed with the toes turned outward so far as to create a right angle by two lines , if drawn one under the middle of the sole of ...
in advance of the other , at the distance mentioned , as the space between the heels , while the feet are placed with the toes turned outward so far as to create a right angle by two lines , if drawn one under the middle of the sole of ...
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Bibliographic information
| 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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