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They jerk up the head , curl the lip , expand the nostrils , and give the eye the downward glance of contempt : they incline , also , to scornful action , in the form of contemptuous and repulsive waves of the hand . Example .
They jerk up the head , curl the lip , expand the nostrils , and give the eye the downward glance of contempt : they incline , also , to scornful action , in the form of contemptuous and repulsive waves of the hand . Example .
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INDIFFERENCE is expressed by a careless posture ; - head partly averted ; -arms , perhaps , folded . Example .- " If you did , I care not . " EARNESTNESS approaches the object of attention , leans forward , extends the arms towards the ...
INDIFFERENCE is expressed by a careless posture ; - head partly averted ; -arms , perhaps , folded . Example .- " If you did , I care not . " EARNESTNESS approaches the object of attention , leans forward , extends the arms towards the ...
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Should your mistress be missing , it shows a weak head To be stabbing yourself , till you know she is dead . Young ladies ! -you should n't go strolling about When your anxious mammas do n't know you are out ; And remember that ...
Should your mistress be missing , it shows a weak head To be stabbing yourself , till you know she is dead . Young ladies ! -you should n't go strolling about When your anxious mammas do n't know you are out ; And remember that ...
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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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