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CHAPTER X. OF NOTATION OF GESTURE . The want of a method of notation one cause of the neglect of the art of gesture — Why more neglected by orators than by actors - Invention of notation of gesture attended by many difficulties ...
CHAPTER X. OF NOTATION OF GESTURE . The want of a method of notation one cause of the neglect of the art of gesture — Why more neglected by orators than by actors - Invention of notation of gesture attended by many difficulties ...
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The language of gesture bears more analogy to that of music than to the language of general ideas : and therefore it is named the notation of gesture . As the notation of musical sounds records the melodies and happy harmony of sounds ...
The language of gesture bears more analogy to that of music than to the language of general ideas : and therefore it is named the notation of gesture . As the notation of musical sounds records the melodies and happy harmony of sounds ...
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It is requested to be understood that the various passages , which are marked with the notation , are intended merely to illustrate the foregoing system : and that among the innumerable methods of possible delivery , that which is ...
It is requested to be understood that the various passages , which are marked with the notation , are intended merely to illustrate the foregoing system : and that among the innumerable methods of possible delivery , that which is ...
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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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