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And if the public speakers of Great Britain would adequately emulate the persection of the ancient models of eloquence , they must endeavour to acquire the whole comprehension of their art . By their industry and ingenuity , they must ...
And if the public speakers of Great Britain would adequately emulate the persection of the ancient models of eloquence , they must endeavour to acquire the whole comprehension of their art . By their industry and ingenuity , they must ...
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OF THE ANCIENT PANTOMIMES . The pantomimic art not properly connected with rhetorical delivery , The gestures of an orator very different from those of the pantomime -The rise of the ancient pantomimes-- Account from Athenĉus Anecdotes ...
OF THE ANCIENT PANTOMIMES . The pantomimic art not properly connected with rhetorical delivery , The gestures of an orator very different from those of the pantomime -The rise of the ancient pantomimes-- Account from Athenĉus Anecdotes ...
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The usual excuse for this practice is founded on the vast magnitude of the ancient theatres , where the expression of the natural countenance must have been lost to the great majority of the spectators : and which therefore induced them ...
The usual excuse for this practice is founded on the vast magnitude of the ancient theatres , where the expression of the natural countenance must have been lost to the great majority of the spectators : and which therefore induced them ...
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Contents
Chironomia or a Treatise on Rhetorical Delivery | 1 |
Of the Voice | 27 |
Of the VoiceGeneral Precepts | 67 |
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| Title | Chironomia: Or, A Treatise on Rhetorical Delivery Landmarks in rhetoric and public address |
| Author | Gilbert Austin |
| Editors | Mary Margaret Robb, Lester Thonssen |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Southern Illinois University Press, 1966 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 26 Feb 2008 |
| ISBN | 0809302292, 9780809302291 |
| Length | 583 pages |
| Subjects | › Language Arts & Disciplines / General |
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