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And the language of ideas however correctly delivered , without the addition of this language of the passions , will prove cold and uninteresting . Upon this subject Mr. Sheridan has written with such happy ingenuity and elegance ...
And the language of ideas however correctly delivered , without the addition of this language of the passions , will prove cold and uninteresting . Upon this subject Mr. Sheridan has written with such happy ingenuity and elegance ...
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In discourses , or particular parts of discourses , admitting freer gesture , the frequency of it will be determined , in general , by the number , the novelty , and the discrimination of ideas . In every well constructed sentence some ...
In discourses , or particular parts of discourses , admitting freer gesture , the frequency of it will be determined , in general , by the number , the novelty , and the discrimination of ideas . In every well constructed sentence some ...
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The noun and the verb are , in such cases , considered only as the simple idea , the distinguishing character of ... the wonderful combinations in language , which render a few terms capable of expressing a boundless infinity of ideas .
The noun and the verb are , in such cases , considered only as the simple idea , the distinguishing character of ... the wonderful combinations in language , which render a few terms capable of expressing a boundless infinity of ideas .
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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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