Chironomia; or, A treatise on rhetorical deliveryT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806 - 583 páginas |
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... Gesture 269 11. Of the Position of the Feet and Lower Limbs 291 12. Of the Positions , Motions and Elevations of the ... Gesture 357 375 17. Of the Classification of Gesture 385 18. Of the Preparation , Transition , and Accompaniment of ...
... Gesture 269 11. Of the Position of the Feet and Lower Limbs 291 12. Of the Positions , Motions and Elevations of the ... Gesture 357 375 17. Of the Classification of Gesture 385 18. Of the Preparation , Transition , and Accompaniment of ...
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... Gesture 20. Of the Analogy of Gesture and Language ; of the Qualities of Gesture , and of the Gesture suited to the different Modes of Public Speaking 21. Of the Significancy of Gesture 22. Of Grace 23. Illustrations PAGE 483 449 467 ...
... Gesture 20. Of the Analogy of Gesture and Language ; of the Qualities of Gesture , and of the Gesture suited to the different Modes of Public Speaking 21. Of the Significancy of Gesture 22. Of Grace 23. Illustrations PAGE 483 449 467 ...
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... gesture , is so far an injury to the cause in which the speaker is engaged , and so far deprives his compo- sition of its just effect . Yet a strange prejudice has seemed to prevail against every effort to improve delivery . The voice ...
... gesture , is so far an injury to the cause in which the speaker is engaged , and so far deprives his compo- sition of its just effect . Yet a strange prejudice has seemed to prevail against every effort to improve delivery . The voice ...
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... gesture examined — Theatrical gesture not to be affected by the orator - A knowledge of the principles of gesture does not lead to incessant gesture - Nature uncultivated does not suggest proper gesture - Awkward gestures - Whether gesture ...
... gesture examined — Theatrical gesture not to be affected by the orator - A knowledge of the principles of gesture does not lead to incessant gesture - Nature uncultivated does not suggest proper gesture - Awkward gestures - Whether gesture ...
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... gesture . A man is not , they say , to introduce into the courts , or to exhibit in the pulpit , the gestures of the ... gesture may be necessary , if a man is moved , nature will teach him enough to enforce what he has to say . It is ...
... gesture . A man is not , they say , to introduce into the courts , or to exhibit in the pulpit , the gestures of the ... gesture may be necessary , if a man is moved , nature will teach him enough to enforce what he has to say . It is ...
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action actor affectation altogether ancient animi appears atque autem autres body celebrated character Cicero corporis countenance Cresol Cresollius deinde delivered delivery Demosthenes dicendi dicere digitis discourse doit elevated Elocutio eloquence enim etiam expression eyes feelings fingers geste grace hæc hand illa l'expression labour language magis manner manum manus marked mind modo modum motions motus mouvemens nature neque nihil notation object observed omnia omnis orator oratory palæstra pantomime passage passions Pathognomy perfection Plutarch Plutus pollice position primum principal gesture pronunciatio public speaker pulpit Pylades qu'il quæ quædam quam quid quidem Quint Quintilian quod quoque reading rhetorical sæpe sentiments significant gestures speaking suited sunt talents tamen tantum tion tones variety vero vocem vocis voice vultus whilst words γὰρ δὲ καὶ τὴν τῆς τὸ τὸν τῶν
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Página 483 - But I will punish home: No, I will weep no more. In such a night To shut me out! Pour on; I will endure. In such a night as this! O Regan, Goneril! Your old kind father, whose frank heart gave all O, that way madness lies; let me shun that; No more of that.
Página 281 - Pity it is, that the momentary beauties flowing from an harmonious elocution, cannot like those of poetry be their own record! That the animated graces of the player can live no longer than the instant breath and motion that presents them; or at best can but faintly glimmer through the memory, or imperfect attestation of a few surviving spectators.
Página 80 - Why, what should be the fear ? I do not set my life at a pin's fee ; And for my soul, what can it do to that, Being a thing immortal as itself ? It waves me forth again : I'll follow it.
Página 116 - The light of the body is the eye : therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness. 35 Take heed therefore, that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
Página 518 - The applause of listening senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes...
Página 182 - Recherches d'Antiquite, gives us a curious story of the celebrated physiognomist Campanella. This man, it seems, had not only made very accurate observations on human faces, but was very expert in mimicking such as were any way remarkable. When he had a mind to penetrate into the inclinations...
Página 318 - Tum, pietate gravem ac meritis si forte virum quem Conspexere, silent, arrectisque auribus adstant ; Ille regit dictis animos, et pectora mulcet...
Página 53 - Oh, against all rule, my Lord, — most ungrammatically! betwixt the substantive and the adjective, which should agree together in number, case, and gender, he made a breach thus, — stopping, as if the point wanted settling; — and...
Página 38 - In just articulation the words are not to be hurried over, nor precipitated syllable over syllable: nor, as it were, melted together into a mass of confusion : they should be neither abridged, nor prolonged, nor swallowed, nor forced, and, (if I may so express it,) shot from the mouth; they should not be trailed, nor drawled...
Página 206 - ... haec studia adolescentiam alunt, senectutem oblectant, secundas res ornant, adversis perfugium ac solatium praebent, 'delectant domi, non impediunt foris, pernoctant nobiscum, peregrinantur, rusticantur.