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... living effect of action to that of speech , secures earnest atten- tion and lively sympathy , and thus deepens the impression of every thought which he utters . The action to which we now refer , —that of the arm and hand , principally ...
... living effect of action to that of speech , secures earnest atten- tion and lively sympathy , and thus deepens the impression of every thought which he utters . The action to which we now refer , —that of the arm and hand , principally ...
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... living and most vivid aspects , —have been the most attentive and critical observers of this department of expression , and to this faithful study of nature have owed much of their success in personation . The principal features of ...
... living and most vivid aspects , —have been the most attentive and critical observers of this department of expression , and to this faithful study of nature have owed much of their success in personation . The principal features of ...
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... living , expressive human being . 2. The opposite fault of incessant gesticulation , which makes the declaimer resemble the toy wooden figure of a monkey , moved by mechanism . 3. Gesture coming before or after it is due , because ...
... living , expressive human being . 2. The opposite fault of incessant gesticulation , which makes the declaimer resemble the toy wooden figure of a monkey , moved by mechanism . 3. Gesture coming before or after it is due , because ...
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... living ; and if ever I am ashamed of it , or if ever I fail in affectionate veneration for him who reared it , and defended it against savage violence and destruction , cherished all the domestic virtues beneath its roof , and , through ...
... living ; and if ever I am ashamed of it , or if ever I fail in affectionate veneration for him who reared it , and defended it against savage violence and destruction , cherished all the domestic virtues beneath its roof , and , through ...
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... living coal his heart was . But the ruler of the West - Wind Blew the fragments backward from him , With the breathing of his nostrils , With the tempest of his anger , Blew them back at his assailant ; Seized the bulrush , the Apukwa ...
... living coal his heart was . But the ruler of the West - Wind Blew the fragments backward from him , With the breathing of his nostrils , With the tempest of his anger , Blew them back at his assailant ; Seized the bulrush , the Apukwa ...
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