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Nor is this a peculiarity of the English 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 ...
Nor is this a peculiarity of the English 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 ...
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CHAPTER XX . of the Analogy of Gesture and Language ; of the Qualities of Gesture , and of the Gesture suiled to different Modes of Public Speaking Gesture is in itself capable of being used as the sign of ideas , and therefore of being ...
CHAPTER XX . of the Analogy of Gesture and Language ; of the Qualities of Gesture , and of the Gesture suiled to different Modes of Public Speaking Gesture is in itself capable of being used as the sign of ideas , and therefore of being ...
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Language in this respect has much the advantage of gesture , and is a more highly cultivated and more perfect vehicle of thought : but gesture is not altogether deficient in powers of expression , and in contrivances in some degree ...
Language in this respect has much the advantage of gesture , and is a more highly cultivated and more perfect vehicle of thought : but gesture is not altogether deficient in powers of expression , and in contrivances in some degree ...
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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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