The New York Speaker: A Selection of Pieces Designed for Academic Exercises in Elocution |
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... small , confined action ; elbows pinned to the sides ; flat and stiffened positions of the hand ; fingers and thumb clinging together , the whole hand placed like a piece of board , without joint or division , no natural turn of the ...
... small , confined action ; elbows pinned to the sides ; flat and stiffened positions of the hand ; fingers and thumb clinging together , the whole hand placed like a piece of board , without joint or division , no natural turn of the ...
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all of his hearers seated on his right and left , and make a military wheel , or a formal turn , at intervals , to avoid the apparent neglect . The shift of position , however , either way , does little good ; as it causes him to turn ...
all of his hearers seated on his right and left , and make a military wheel , or a formal turn , at intervals , to avoid the apparent neglect . The shift of position , however , either way , does little good ; as it causes him to turn ...
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ARROGANCE and PRESUMPTION , by their natural force , impel the body to motion , haughtily turning the speaker away from , or impelling him impudently up to , those whom he addresses . By their swelling self - importance , they incline ...
ARROGANCE and PRESUMPTION , by their natural force , impel the body to motion , haughtily turning the speaker away from , or impelling him impudently up to , those whom he addresses . By their swelling self - importance , they incline ...
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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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