The New York Speaker: A Selection of Pieces Designed for Academic Exercises in Elocution |
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The shaded sole represents here that of the left foot , which for the time is supposed to bear the chief weight of the body , while the right merely supports that of the corresponding limb . The advantage of this position is that of ...
The shaded sole represents here that of the left foot , which for the time is supposed to bear the chief weight of the body , while the right merely supports that of the corresponding limb . The advantage of this position is that of ...
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weight of the speaker's body rests on the left foot retired , as in the illustration formerly given by " Fig . 1. " For the convenience of a suggestive marginal notation , of the style of a given passage , this attitude may be indicated ...
weight of the speaker's body rests on the left foot retired , as in the illustration formerly given by " Fig . 1. " For the convenience of a suggestive marginal notation , of the style of a given passage , this attitude may be indicated ...
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A very common fault in attitude , in academic declamation , is the awkward habit of keeping the left foot advanced , instead of the right . The left foot may properly be advanced when the speaker is addressing a hearer or a group on his ...
A very common fault in attitude , in academic declamation , is the awkward habit of keeping the left foot advanced , instead of the right . The left foot may properly be advanced when the speaker is addressing a hearer or a group on his ...
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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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