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From the particular objects or the combination of them arise different kinds of reading ; which may be described under the following names , beginning from that which requires the lowest effort of the talents of delivery ...
From the particular objects or the combination of them arise different kinds of reading ; which may be described under the following names , beginning from that which requires the lowest effort of the talents of delivery ...
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The difficulty of confining within reasonable limits the particular prccepts on gesture , and not any want of importance in the art , has hitherto perhaps obliged writers on delivery to restrict their observations to general precepts ...
The difficulty of confining within reasonable limits the particular prccepts on gesture , and not any want of importance in the art , has hitherto perhaps obliged writers on delivery to restrict their observations to general precepts ...
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“ The gestures , which the art called saltatio taught , were not always confined to graceful motions ; and if it may be allowed " to say so , to gestures which conveyed no particular meaning ; “ but they often taught gestures which were ...
“ The gestures , which the art called saltatio taught , were not always confined to graceful motions ; and if it may be allowed " to say so , to gestures which conveyed no particular meaning ; “ but they often taught gestures which were ...
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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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