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... language ; in all countries there will be perceived a recitative , which distinguishes the nearest neighbours from each other , notwithstanding that they speak the same language , and speak it in the same idiom . But this unavoidable ...
... language ; in all countries there will be perceived a recitative , which distinguishes the nearest neighbours from each other , notwithstanding that they speak the same language , and speak it in the same idiom . But this unavoidable ...
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... Language ; of the Qualities of Gesture , and of the Gesture suited to different Modes of Public Speaking . GESTURE is in itself capable of being used as the sign of ideas , and therefore of being substituted for language . The ...
... Language ; of the Qualities of Gesture , and of the Gesture suited to different Modes of Public Speaking . GESTURE is in itself capable of being used as the sign of ideas , and therefore of being substituted for language . The ...
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... language and gesture may be found in the style of each , as suited to the different modes of expres- sion . The language of poetry , and the gesture suited to express elevated ideas equally differ from the colloquial and ordinary . But ...
... language and gesture may be found in the style of each , as suited to the different modes of expres- sion . The language of poetry , and the gesture suited to express elevated ideas equally differ from the colloquial and ordinary . But ...
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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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