The New York Speaker: A Selection of Pieces Designed for Academic Exercises in Elocution |
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... whole bodily action on a much larger scale , and in a much more forcible style of expression , than occurs in the communi- cations of the domestic or the social circle . It is this unwonted demand upon his energies that embarrasses ...
... whole bodily action on a much larger scale , and in a much more forcible style of expression , than occurs in the communi- cations of the domestic or the social circle . It is this unwonted demand upon his energies that embarrasses ...
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... 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 , and ...
... 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 , and ...
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... whole body ; that the whole mien is upright , even when , in earnest appeals to the speaker's audience , he inclines somewhat forward , that the chest is al- ways well expanded and duly raised , and the head erect , unless the speaker ...
... whole body ; that the whole mien is upright , even when , in earnest appeals to the speaker's audience , he inclines somewhat forward , that the chest is al- ways well expanded and duly raised , and the head erect , unless the speaker ...
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... whole hand placed like a piece of board , without joint or division , no natu- ral 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 ...
... whole hand placed like a piece of board , without joint or division , no natu- ral 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 ...
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... whole com- munity ; and the thought that , on his success or failure , meas- ures vital to that community may depend , precludes every association of levity or trivial character , or low familiarity of address . He is , by his very ...
... whole com- munity ; and the thought that , on his success or failure , meas- ures vital to that community may depend , precludes every association of levity or trivial character , or low familiarity of address . He is , by his very ...
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