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However honest and however simple may be this manner of public speaking , it can never approach that wondrous eloquence which sways the councils of men , and moves all the passions of the soul : the power of which is beyond all strength ...
However honest and however simple may be this manner of public speaking , it can never approach that wondrous eloquence which sways the councils of men , and moves all the passions of the soul : the power of which is beyond all strength ...
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Yet Pierre himself is moved in the last sad scene : Jaff . Tears ! amazement ! tears ! I never saw thee melted thus before . In Othello's character after his last fatal act , the paroxysm of jealousy is over , his cruel injustice has ...
Yet Pierre himself is moved in the last sad scene : Jaff . Tears ! amazement ! tears ! I never saw thee melted thus before . In Othello's character after his last fatal act , the paroxysm of jealousy is over , his cruel injustice has ...
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Should it be required to move the foot which supports the body , ( suppose the left foot in the first position of the right fig . ... 3 , so as to throw the weight of the body on the right foot , then the left may be moved as required .
Should it be required to move the foot which supports the body , ( suppose the left foot in the first position of the right fig . ... 3 , so as to throw the weight of the body on the right foot , then the left may be moved as required .
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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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