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The graces of language , to use a figure , consist in the manner of leading the mind about in order to present the ... The grace of movement consists as we have seen according to Hogarth in the inflexion of the lines in which it moves .
The graces of language , to use a figure , consist in the manner of leading the mind about in order to present the ... The grace of movement consists as we have seen according to Hogarth in the inflexion of the lines in which it moves .
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OF GRACE . Grace depends partly on the person and partly on the mind - Must be acquired by imitation of the best models - Natural grace may appeur when the mind is agitated beyond the power of all restraint — The influence of graceful ...
OF GRACE . Grace depends partly on the person and partly on the mind - Must be acquired by imitation of the best models - Natural grace may appeur when the mind is agitated beyond the power of all restraint — The influence of graceful ...
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qualities of , 453 — perfections and imperfections of , 454 - grace of , and opposite imperfections , 456 - solecism of , n . 8 , p . 457 — rhetorical and colloquial , qualities requisite for them , 458 - significant , see Significant ...
qualities of , 453 — perfections and imperfections of , 454 - grace of , and opposite imperfections , 456 - solecism of , n . 8 , p . 457 — rhetorical and colloquial , qualities requisite for them , 458 - significant , see Significant ...
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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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