The New York Speaker: A Selection of Pieces Designed for Academic Exercises in Elocution |
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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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The position may be represented thus : Fig . 1 . 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 ...
The position may be represented thus : Fig . 1 . 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 ...
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Any requisite change of position is then easily effected by moving the foot corresponding to the limb which is thus free , and ready for movement ; while the fault of standing with both limbs straight and ...
Any requisite change of position is then easily effected by moving the foot corresponding to the limb which is thus free , and ready for movement ; while the fault of standing with both limbs straight and ...
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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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