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Page 133
... suited to their subject ; and if their feelings be at any time awakened , they seldom fail to manifest them with sufficient evidence , both in their countenance and in the tones of their voice . There are some indeed who seem to think ...
... suited to their subject ; and if their feelings be at any time awakened , they seldom fail to manifest them with sufficient evidence , both in their countenance and in the tones of their voice . There are some indeed who seem to think ...
Page 272
... suited to comedy was called Cordax , the class suited to tragedy Eumelia , and that suited to satire Sicinnis , from the inventor Sicinnus a barbarian . Bathyllus from these three classes formed a fourth suited to the pantomime , which ...
... suited to comedy was called Cordax , the class suited to tragedy Eumelia , and that suited to satire Sicinnis , from the inventor Sicinnus a barbarian . Bathyllus from these three classes formed a fourth suited to the pantomime , which ...
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... suited to the different modes of expres- sion . The language of poetry , and the gesture suited to express elevated ideas equally differ from the colloquial and ordinary . But this difference , if we except the English , and a few rich ...
... suited to the different modes of expres- sion . The language of poetry , and the gesture suited to express elevated ideas equally differ from the colloquial and ordinary . But this difference , if we except the English , and a few rich ...
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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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