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... those positions and motions of the hands which may suit the public speaker , and may perhaps be of some use to the actor who applies gesture only to illustrate the sentiments which he delivers , and not as an independant language .
... those positions and motions of the hands which may suit the public speaker , and may perhaps be of some use to the actor who applies gesture only to illustrate the sentiments which he delivers , and not as an independant language .
Page 492
These examples are introduced by M. Engel to illustrate his analogous gestures , but they may also be very well applied to illustrate the complex significant gestures , which are the present subject of investigation .
These examples are introduced by M. Engel to illustrate his analogous gestures , but they may also be very well applied to illustrate the complex significant gestures , which are the present subject of investigation .
Page 522
I have chosen to illustrate this art , first by a simple fable , aided both by engraved figures and notation . A descriptive poem , such as that which here follows , appears to be the next exercise in progressive facility : because the ...
I have chosen to illustrate this art , first by a simple fable , aided both by engraved figures and notation . A descriptive poem , such as that which here follows , appears to be the next exercise in progressive facility : because the ...
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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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Bibliographic information
| 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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