The New York Speaker: A Selection of Pieces Designed for Academic Exercises in Elocution |
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... turn of the wrist , to give the hand an easy slope ; all ges- tures made in zig - zag instead of flowing and curving lines , with no free sweep of the arm , even in the boldest passages of decla- mation ; the whole person of the speaker ...
... turn of the wrist , to give the hand an easy slope ; all ges- tures made in zig - zag instead of flowing and curving lines , with no free sweep of the arm , even in the boldest passages of decla- mation ; the whole person of the speaker ...
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... turn of the body . He thus commands , with- out effort , the whole sphere of his address , and secures the at- tention of all his audience . But the speaker who falls into any of the three faults exemplified , has either wholly to ...
... turn of the body . He thus commands , with- out effort , the whole sphere of his address , and secures the at- tention of all his audience . But the speaker who falls into any of the three faults exemplified , has either wholly to ...
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... turn , at intervals , to avoid the apparent neglect . The shift of position , however , either way , does little good ; as it causes him to turn his back on the part of his audi- ence from which , for the moment , he wheels away ...
... turn , at intervals , to avoid the apparent neglect . The shift of position , however , either way , does little good ; as it causes him to turn his back on the part of his audi- ence from which , for the moment , he wheels away ...
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... turning the speaker away from , or impelling him impudently up to , those whom he addresses . By their swelling self ... turns away the head , and keeps the eyelids down : its stronger expression causes the eyes to stare , the nostrils ...
... turning the speaker away from , or impelling him impudently up to , those whom he addresses . By their swelling self ... turns away the head , and keeps the eyelids down : its stronger expression causes the eyes to stare , the nostrils ...
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... turn rapidly , in alternate motion to and from the object of dread ; the arms are projected rigidly , on a line level with the shoulder ; the hands vertical , fingers stiffened and outspread , as if to keep off the approaching object of ...
... turn rapidly , in alternate motion to and from the object of dread ; the arms are projected rigidly , on a line level with the shoulder ; the hands vertical , fingers stiffened and outspread , as if to keep off the approaching object of ...
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