The New York Speaker: A Selection of Pieces Designed for Academic Exercises in Elocution |
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... Spirit of Liberty in 1772 , 163. Critique on Hiawatha , -164 . Hamlet to the Players , 165. Impeachment of Hastings , 166. The Influence of Athens , 167. Arnold Winkelried , · · · . PAGE A. G. Greene , 245 Byron , 247 J. G. Whittier ...
... Spirit of Liberty in 1772 , 163. Critique on Hiawatha , -164 . Hamlet to the Players , 165. Impeachment of Hastings , 166. The Influence of Athens , 167. Arnold Winkelried , · · · . PAGE A. G. Greene , 245 Byron , 247 J. G. Whittier ...
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... Spirit of Liberty in 1772 , Men who Never Die , The World of Beauty Around Us , The Puritans , Impeachment of Hastings , The Influence of Athens , Turkish Perfidy , Justice , . Blessings of Education , The Destiny of Our Country ...
... Spirit of Liberty in 1772 , Men who Never Die , The World of Beauty Around Us , The Puritans , Impeachment of Hastings , The Influence of Athens , Turkish Perfidy , Justice , . Blessings of Education , The Destiny of Our Country ...
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... spirit of the language in the compo- sition ; the features of the face giving natural life and warmth to the expression of the sentiment , and the eye directed , with an easy turn , to the eyes of the audience ; the speaker's whole ...
... spirit of the language in the compo- sition ; the features of the face giving natural life and warmth to the expression of the sentiment , and the eye directed , with an easy turn , to the eyes of the audience ; the speaker's whole ...
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... spirit , and figurative in language , it will incline to still more impassioned modes of action . 6. The appropriate recitation of a piece composed in the form of verse , depends necessarily on the imaginative and impassioned ...
... spirit , and figurative in language , it will incline to still more impassioned modes of action . 6. The appropriate recitation of a piece composed in the form of verse , depends necessarily on the imaginative and impassioned ...
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... spirit of mirthfulness . * --- The common faults of declamation as regards gesture , are either the omission of action , or the ceaseless recurrence of it : - sometimes they consist in feeble , confined , angular movements and positions ...
... spirit of mirthfulness . * --- The common faults of declamation as regards gesture , are either the omission of action , or the ceaseless recurrence of it : - sometimes they consist in feeble , confined , angular movements and positions ...
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