A System of Elocution: With Special Reference to Gesture, to the Treatment of Stammering, and Defective Articulation ...E.H. Butler & Company, 1855 - Всего страниц: 381 |
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... energetic exercises , the Student soon acquires a strength and compass of voice , a distinctness of utter- ance , and a freedom and gracefulness of action , which he could not attain by practising those of an opposite IV PREFACE .
... energetic exercises , the Student soon acquires a strength and compass of voice , a distinctness of utter- ance , and a freedom and gracefulness of action , which he could not attain by practising those of an opposite IV PREFACE .
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... 265 Gay 138 192 Cowper 181 .Mrs . Thrale 272 Webster 345 Van Vranken 327 Ware 290 Rev. Robert Hall 270 Shakspeare 318 Shakspeare 317 R. H. Townsend 255 .Campbell 312 INTRODUCTION . AN is designed for action . Na- ture X CONTENTS .
... 265 Gay 138 192 Cowper 181 .Mrs . Thrale 272 Webster 345 Van Vranken 327 Ware 290 Rev. Robert Hall 270 Shakspeare 318 Shakspeare 317 R. H. Townsend 255 .Campbell 312 INTRODUCTION . AN is designed for action . Na- ture X CONTENTS .
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... action . Na- ture has so constituted him , that both body and mind require daily exercise to develope their powers , and maintain them in a vigorous and healthy condition . The truth of this remark is manifest from constant observation ...
... action . Na- ture has so constituted him , that both body and mind require daily exercise to develope their powers , and maintain them in a vigorous and healthy condition . The truth of this remark is manifest from constant observation ...
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... action . Hence Gymnastics are not only useful because they exert a healthful influence upon the body ; but because they lay a good foundation for the easy acquisition of every mechanic art . From what has been said of Gymnastics in ...
... action . Hence Gymnastics are not only useful because they exert a healthful influence upon the body ; but because they lay a good foundation for the easy acquisition of every mechanic art . From what has been said of Gymnastics in ...
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... action ; yet there is hardly one part of it which is not marred with defect , or deficiency . Even the English alpha bet suffers from both these imperfections . To attain perfection in any thing , is , perhaps , beyond the power of man ...
... action ; yet there is hardly one part of it which is not marred with defect , or deficiency . Even the English alpha bet suffers from both these imperfections . To attain perfection in any thing , is , perhaps , beyond the power of man ...
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