Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the Improvement of Youth in Reading and Speaking : as Well as for the Perusal of Persons of Taste : with an Appendix ...Peter B. Gleason, 1812 - 382 pagina's |
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Pagina 4
... speaker , and not the speaker on the subject . This it will be con- fessed , is a great desideratum ; and an attempt to this , is the principal object of the present publication . The difficulty of describing action by words , will be ...
... speaker , and not the speaker on the subject . This it will be con- fessed , is a great desideratum ; and an attempt to this , is the principal object of the present publication . The difficulty of describing action by words , will be ...
Pagina 12
... speaker who delivers himself singly to an auditory , and one who addresses another speaker in view of an auditory , are under very different predica- The first has only one object to address , the last has two : -For if a speaker on the ...
... speaker who delivers himself singly to an auditory , and one who addresses another speaker in view of an auditory , are under very different predica- The first has only one object to address , the last has two : -For if a speaker on the ...
Pagina 13
... speakers may sometimes depart from this rule , but such only will know when to do it with propriety . Occasion may be taken in the course of the scene to change sides . One speaker at the end of an impassioned speech , may cross over to ...
... speakers may sometimes depart from this rule , but such only will know when to do it with propriety . Occasion may be taken in the course of the scene to change sides . One speaker at the end of an impassioned speech , may cross over to ...
Pagina 19
... speaker ; but not too pertly . Modesty , or submission , bends the body forward ; levels the eyes to the breast , if not to the feet , of the superior character . The voice low ; the tone submissive ; and words few . Perplexity , or ...
... speaker ; but not too pertly . Modesty , or submission , bends the body forward ; levels the eyes to the breast , if not to the feet , of the superior character . The voice low ; the tone submissive ; and words few . Perplexity , or ...
Pagina 29
... speaker , occasions his drawing back , as avoiding the approach of what he hates ; the hands , at the same time , thrown out spread , as if to keep it off . The face turned away from that side toward which the hands are thrown out ; the ...
... speaker , occasions his drawing back , as avoiding the approach of what he hates ; the hands , at the same time , thrown out spread , as if to keep it off . The face turned away from that side toward which the hands are thrown out ; the ...
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