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Page 451
... circumstance , and display is suited to the grand and majestic style of princely residence . The grace of movement consists as we ... circumstances being considered , retrenches from its CHAP . XX . 451 of the Qualities of Gesture , & c .
... circumstance , and display is suited to the grand and majestic style of princely residence . The grace of movement consists as we ... circumstances being considered , retrenches from its CHAP . XX . 451 of the Qualities of Gesture , & c .
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... circumstance the more clearly intelligible , I have marked the notation more minutely , than necessary for general use . For general use it is sufficient to note the most prominent and important circumstances , leaving the filling up to ...
... circumstance the more clearly intelligible , I have marked the notation more minutely , than necessary for general use . For general use it is sufficient to note the most prominent and important circumstances , leaving the filling up to ...
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... circumstances added to those images , or limitations deduct- ing something from them . In poetical language they are called epithets . Gray has indulged in the use of them perhaps to a fault . But however that may be , whenever they ...
... circumstances added to those images , or limitations deduct- ing something from them . In poetical language they are called epithets . Gray has indulged in the use of them perhaps to a fault . But however that may be , whenever they ...
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Chironomia or a Treatise on Rhetorical Delivery | 1 |
Of the Voice | 27 |
Of the VoiceGeneral Precepts | 67 |
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