The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending a Diversity of Oratorical Specimens, of the Eloquence of Popular Assemblies, of the Bar, of the Pulpit, &c. Principally Intended for the Use of Schools and Academies. To which are Prefixed a Dissertation on Oratorical Delivery and the Outlines of GestureSidney's Press, for John Babcock & Son, New-Haven, and S. & W.R. Babcock, Charleston, S.C., 1819 - 408 ページ |
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... body or volume . The compass . The soundness and du- rability . Clearness . Sweetness . Evenness . Imperfections . Smallness , feebleness . The narrow scale . Weakness , liable to fail by exertion . Quality of the Voice . Indistinctness ...
... body or volume . The compass . The soundness and du- rability . Clearness . Sweetness . Evenness . Imperfections . Smallness , feebleness . The narrow scale . Weakness , liable to fail by exertion . Quality of the Voice . Indistinctness ...
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... body , to the nature and im- port of the subject we are pronouncing , has always been considered as one of the most essential parts of oratory . Its power , as Cicero observes , is much greater than that of words . It is the language of ...
... body , to the nature and im- port of the subject we are pronouncing , has always been considered as one of the most essential parts of oratory . Its power , as Cicero observes , is much greater than that of words . It is the language of ...
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... body , and his limbs ; and how he is to do all this with propriety and effect . The art of gesture however cultivated , is not to be used for incessant flourishing : this would be like introducing the steps and bounds of dancing into ...
... body , and his limbs ; and how he is to do all this with propriety and effect . The art of gesture however cultivated , is not to be used for incessant flourishing : this would be like introducing the steps and bounds of dancing into ...
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... body , however , which affect the principal gestures may be considered the follow- ing , viz . 1. The Heal . 2. The shoulders . 3. The trunk or body . 4. The arms . 5. The hands and fin- gers . 6. The lower limbs and knees . 7. The feet ...
... body , however , which affect the principal gestures may be considered the follow- ing , viz . 1. The Heal . 2. The shoulders . 3. The trunk or body . 4. The arms . 5. The hands and fin- gers . 6. The lower limbs and knees . 7. The feet ...
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... body is to be well balanced , and sustained erect upon the support- ing limb ; except in such attitudes as particularly re- quire its inclination ; as veneration , supplication , fear , & c.- In changing the positions of the feet , the ...
... body is to be well balanced , and sustained erect upon the support- ing limb ; except in such attitudes as particularly re- quire its inclination ; as veneration , supplication , fear , & c.- In changing the positions of the feet , the ...
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