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... GRACE . Grace depends partly on the person and partly on the mind - Must be acquired by imitation of the best models - Natural grace may appear when the mind is agitated beyond the power of all restraint - The in- fluence of graceful ...
... GRACE . Grace depends partly on the person and partly on the mind - Must be acquired by imitation of the best models - Natural grace may appear when the mind is agitated beyond the power of all restraint - The in- fluence of graceful ...
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... grace , which are at once most becoming to the truth , and the most persuasive characters of eloquence . For the maintenance of grace in rhetorical action , variety is also indispensable . The iteration of the same gesture or set of ...
... grace , which are at once most becoming to the truth , and the most persuasive characters of eloquence . For the maintenance of grace in rhetorical action , variety is also indispensable . The iteration of the same gesture or set of ...
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... grace , 510 , and freedom also 510 , 51 - defects or pains incompatibie with it , 511 - sometimes defects do not prejudice grace , 512- timidity prejudical ; but presumption more so , and incurable , 513 - variety indispensable to grace ...
... grace , 510 , and freedom also 510 , 51 - defects or pains incompatibie with it , 511 - sometimes defects do not prejudice grace , 512- timidity prejudical ; but presumption more so , and incurable , 513 - variety indispensable to grace ...
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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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