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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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Annabel Lee attitude and action beauty bell Belshazzar beneath blood body bold bosom brave breast breath bright brow cheek child cloud cried Dacotahs dark dead death deep dream earth eloquence Erin go bragh expression falchion father fear feeling feet fire gesture glory grave hath head hear heard heart heaven Hiawatha hill hour Katydid king land Laughing Water light lips living Lochinvar look Lord mighty Mondamin moon morning mountain N. P. Willis nature ne'er never night noble Number o'er pale passed pride proud R. H. Barham Rhine rock rose round Samian wine shore sigh smile song soul speak speaker spirit stars stood style sweet sword tears tell tempest thee thine thou art thought throne thunder Toll verger voice vulgar boy waves weep wigwam wild wind wings word Yankee girls young