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If the passage to be delivered , may properly be illustrated by the arm in the position horizontal extended ( h ox ) , the degree of that extension will vary with the spirit of the passage . Fig . 37. If an object is simply pointed to ...
If the passage to be delivered , may properly be illustrated by the arm in the position horizontal extended ( h ox ) , the degree of that extension will vary with the spirit of the passage . Fig . 37. If an object is simply pointed to ...
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But ' e allows only two gestures , that is perhaps two gestures marked with decision on this passage , for , in whatever manner they may be varied , the preparations will amount to almost as much as the small discriminating gestures 2 ...
But ' e allows only two gestures , that is perhaps two gestures marked with decision on this passage , for , in whatever manner they may be varied , the preparations will amount to almost as much as the small discriminating gestures 2 ...
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The note of Juvencus on the same passage is more intelligible and more explicit , notwithstanding this self - complacency of Baxter . P. 426. Edit . Rotamagi , 1706. Pollice . Cuin Romani favebant alicui gladiatori generoso in arena ...
The note of Juvencus on the same passage is more intelligible and more explicit , notwithstanding this self - complacency of Baxter . P. 426. Edit . Rotamagi , 1706. Pollice . Cuin Romani favebant alicui gladiatori generoso in arena ...
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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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