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... hand in gesture ; the elbow thus making an ungainly angle , and the hand held as if to receive something palpable from the audience , instead of sympathy and thought . Speaking , it should never be forgotten , is giving , not receiving ...
... hand in gesture ; the elbow thus making an ungainly angle , and the hand held as if to receive something palpable from the audience , instead of sympathy and thought . Speaking , it should never be forgotten , is giving , not receiving ...
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... hand ; fingers and thumb clinging together , the whole hand placed like a piece of board , without joint or division , no natu- ral turn of the wrist , to give the hand an easy slope ; all ges- tures made in zig - zag instead of flowing ...
... hand ; fingers and thumb clinging together , the whole hand placed like a piece of board , without joint or division , no natu- ral turn of the wrist , to give the hand an easy slope ; all ges- tures made in zig - zag instead of flowing ...
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... hand may then be properly allowed the principal action . But as the right hand usually plays the principal part in ges- ture , as in other forms of action , the law of anatomic motion in the human body , obviously requires the natural ...
... hand may then be properly allowed the principal action . But as the right hand usually plays the principal part in ges- ture , as in other forms of action , the law of anatomic motion in the human body , obviously requires the natural ...
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... hand , stretched toward the audience , be- speak this fact . But the advance of the left foot instead of the right , shortens the reach of the right arm , and witholds or enfeebles all effect of its action , unless when both hands are ...
... hand , stretched toward the audience , be- speak this fact . But the advance of the left foot instead of the right , shortens the reach of the right arm , and witholds or enfeebles all effect of its action , unless when both hands are ...
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... hand spontaneously accompanies utterance , and indicates the excitement of mental energy . In sincere and earnest speaking , such action is com- paratively frequent and varied , unless in the case of persons of cold and sluggish ...
... hand spontaneously accompanies utterance , and indicates the excitement of mental energy . In sincere and earnest speaking , such action is com- paratively frequent and varied , unless in the case of persons of cold and sluggish ...
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