Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the Improvement of Youth in Reading and SpeakingMarsh, Capen & Lyon, 1831 - 372 pages |
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... voice , will greatly enforce the pronunciation ; and if they keep time , they will be in tune , as it were , to each other ; and to force and energy , add harmony and variety . As this motion of the arm is somewhat complicated , and may ...
... voice , will greatly enforce the pronunciation ; and if they keep time , they will be in tune , as it were , to each other ; and to force and energy , add harmony and variety . As this motion of the arm is somewhat complicated , and may ...
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... voice , so necessary to strengthening the organs of sound , because they may sometimes be too loud and vociferous . Perhaps nine out of ten , instead of too much confidence , and too violent a manner of speaking , which these teachers ...
... voice , so necessary to strengthening the organs of sound , because they may sometimes be too loud and vociferous . Perhaps nine out of ten , instead of too much confidence , and too violent a manner of speaking , which these teachers ...
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... voice is sprightly . With contempt , or disgust , it casts a look asquint , from time to time , at the object ; and quits the cheerful aspect for one mixed between an affected grin and sourness . The upper lip is drawn up with an air of ...
... voice is sprightly . With contempt , or disgust , it casts a look asquint , from time to time , at the object ; and quits the cheerful aspect for one mixed between an affected grin and sourness . The upper lip is drawn up with an air of ...
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... voice low ; the tone submissive , and words few . Perplexity or Anxiety , which is always attended with some degree of fear and uneasiness , draws all the parts of the body together , gathers up the arms upon the breast , unless one ...
... voice low ; the tone submissive , and words few . Perplexity or Anxiety , which is always attended with some degree of fear and uneasiness , draws all the parts of the body together , gathers up the arms upon the breast , unless one ...
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... voice often loud and furious . As it often drives people to dis- traction , and self murder , it can hardly be overacted by one , who would represent it . Fear , violent and sudden , opens very wide the eyes and mouth ; shortens the ...
... voice often loud and furious . As it often drives people to dis- traction , and self murder , it can hardly be overacted by one , who would represent it . Fear , violent and sudden , opens very wide the eyes and mouth ; shortens the ...
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