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... feel that he is speaking to them , not at them , nor yet indulging in soliloquy or apostrophe , but winning their attention , and exciting their sympathies , by the genuine eloquence of expressive manner . . PROPRIETY , —or ...
... feel that he is speaking to them , not at them , nor yet indulging in soliloquy or apostrophe , but winning their attention , and exciting their sympathies , by the genuine eloquence of expressive manner . . PROPRIETY , —or ...
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... unobtrusive language , a just feeling of the speaker's ability to meet the occasion which calls him forth , and of his proper title to the respectful attention of his hearers . 26 INTRODUCTORY REMARKS ON DECLAMATION . Annabel Lee,
... unobtrusive language , a just feeling of the speaker's ability to meet the occasion which calls him forth , and of his proper title to the respectful attention of his hearers . 26 INTRODUCTORY REMARKS ON DECLAMATION . Annabel Lee,
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... feeling begins to glow and language becomes ani- mated , warm , or energetic , and consequently excites action and motion . But ( 2. ) if the opening sentiment and language of the piece is bold or impassioned , the commencing attitude ...
... feeling begins to glow and language becomes ani- mated , warm , or energetic , and consequently excites action and motion . But ( 2. ) if the opening sentiment and language of the piece is bold or impassioned , the commencing attitude ...
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... feeling is animated , extends not , only to increased force of utterance , and to change of posture ; but , by a law of our constitution , connecting in- ward emotion with visible organic effect , a definite and some- times , forcible ...
... feeling is animated , extends not , only to increased force of utterance , and to change of posture ; but , by a law of our constitution , connecting in- ward emotion with visible organic effect , a definite and some- times , forcible ...
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... feeling and will naturally impel the nervous and muscular systems to visible and effective motion , which tends to excite sympathy and thought in the beholder . The character of this motion is as various as the different states of human ...
... feeling and will naturally impel the nervous and muscular systems to visible and effective motion , which tends to excite sympathy and thought in the beholder . The character of this motion is as various as the different states of human ...
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