The New York Speaker: A Selection of Pieces Designed for Academic Exercises in Elocution |
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... nature as a whole - not to some confined or accidental part of it . It is enlightened by comprehensive judgment , and refined by pure taste . In claiming nature as our standard , we are too prone to forget that habit becomes a second nature ...
... nature as a whole - not to some confined or accidental part of it . It is enlightened by comprehensive judgment , and refined by pure taste . In claiming nature as our standard , we are too prone to forget that habit becomes a second nature ...
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... nature in human speech . Force in gesture is utterly incompatible with any feeble , fluttering , or flapping motion of the arm and hand . The energy and heartiness of sincere expression demand the visible effect of an earnest will , in ...
... nature in human speech . Force in gesture is utterly incompatible with any feeble , fluttering , or flapping motion of the arm and hand . The energy and heartiness of sincere expression demand the visible effect of an earnest will , in ...
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... natural , unembarrassed movement ; free , flowing gesture ; the elbow freely raised , the hand fully opened and naturally sloped , the thumb parted freely from the fingers , the fore and little fingers held free from contact with the ...
... natural , unembarrassed movement ; free , flowing gesture ; the elbow freely raised , the hand fully opened and naturally sloped , the thumb parted freely from the fingers , the fore and little fingers held free from contact with the ...
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... natural measure for the distance of the feet , as required by the firm and easy and graceful support of the human body , in the standing and speaking attitude , is a width equal to that of the broadest part of the foot . Precision and ...
... natural measure for the distance of the feet , as required by the firm and easy and graceful support of the human body , in the standing and speaking attitude , is a width equal to that of the broadest part of the foot . Precision and ...
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... natural , and appropriate change of attitude , at every obvious change in the current of thought , -as in commencing new heads of a subject and new paragraphs of composition , — is one of the most obvious aids to freedom of manner in ...
... natural , and appropriate change of attitude , at every obvious change in the current of thought , -as in commencing new heads of a subject and new paragraphs of composition , — is one of the most obvious aids to freedom of manner in ...
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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