Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the Improvement of Youth in Reading and Speaking ... to which are Prefixed, Elements of Gesture ... and Rules for Expressing, with Propriety, the Various Passions, &c. of the Mind |
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... eye ; and this organ is a much more rapid vehicle of knowledge than the ear . This vehicle is addressed on the present occasion ; and plates , representing the attitudes which are described , are annexed to the several descriptions ...
... eye ; and this organ is a much more rapid vehicle of knowledge than the ear . This vehicle is addressed on the present occasion ; and plates , representing the attitudes which are described , are annexed to the several descriptions ...
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... eyes , and sometimes fills them with tears . The front wrinkled into frowns , and the eyebrows overhanging the eyes , like clouds , fraught with tempest , show a mind agitated with fury . Above all , the eye shows the very spirit in a ...
... eyes , and sometimes fills them with tears . The front wrinkled into frowns , and the eyebrows overhanging the eyes , like clouds , fraught with tempest , show a mind agitated with fury . Above all , the eye shows the very spirit in a ...
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... eyes passing with an easy motion from object to object , but not dwelling long upon any one . Cheerfulness , adds a smile , opening the mouth a little more . Mirth or laughter , opens the mouth still more towards the ears ; crisps the ...
... eyes passing with an easy motion from object to object , but not dwelling long upon any one . Cheerfulness , adds a smile , opening the mouth a little more . Mirth or laughter , opens the mouth still more towards the ears ; crisps the ...
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... eyes are opened wide ; perhaps filled with tears ; often raised to heaven , especially by devout persons . The contenance is smiling , not composedly , but with features aggravated . The voice rises , from time to time , to very high ...
... eyes are opened wide ; perhaps filled with tears ; often raised to heaven , especially by devout persons . The contenance is smiling , not composedly , but with features aggravated . The voice rises , from time to time , to very high ...
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... eyes , or rubs the forehead draws down the eyebrows ; hangs the head upon the breast ; casts down the eyes , shuts and pinches the eyelids close ; shuts the mouth , and pinches the lips close , or bites them . Suddenly the whole body is ...
... eyes , or rubs the forehead draws down the eyebrows ; hangs the head upon the breast ; casts down the eyes , shuts and pinches the eyelids close ; shuts the mouth , and pinches the lips close , or bites them . Suddenly the whole body is ...
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