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... arm must then be extended , with the palm of the hand open , the fingers slightly curved , and the thumb almost as dis- tant from them as it will easily go , and the flat of the hand neither horizontal nor vertical , but exactly between ...
... arm must then be extended , with the palm of the hand open , the fingers slightly curved , and the thumb almost as dis- tant from them as it will easily go , and the flat of the hand neither horizontal nor vertical , but exactly between ...
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... arm , hand , and leg , what he has just done with the right . A perpetual see - saw of the arms , which may be too frequently remarked in the elocutionary tyro , is to be studiously avoided : — " Let your discretion be your tutor : suit ...
... arm , hand , and leg , what he has just done with the right . A perpetual see - saw of the arms , which may be too frequently remarked in the elocutionary tyro , is to be studiously avoided : — " Let your discretion be your tutor : suit ...
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... arm should be gradually raised from the position shown in diagram 1 , until the hand is at the level of the head , the palm of the hand being presented flat , or nearly so , towards the audience , diagram 3 ( a ) , the arm should then ...
... arm should be gradually raised from the position shown in diagram 1 , until the hand is at the level of the head , the palm of the hand being presented flat , or nearly so , towards the audience , diagram 3 ( a ) , the arm should then ...
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... arms must hang naturally by the sides , unless what is spoken by one , is of such importance as to excite agita- tion and surprise in the other ; or he may , with propriety , occasionally stand with his arms folded , or with the right ...
... arms must hang naturally by the sides , unless what is spoken by one , is of such importance as to excite agita- tion and surprise in the other ; or he may , with propriety , occasionally stand with his arms folded , or with the right ...
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... arms must hang naturally by the sides , unless what is spoken by one , is of such importance as to excite agita- tion and surprise in the other ; or he may , with propriety , occasionally stand with his arms folded , or with the right ...
... arms must hang naturally by the sides , unless what is spoken by one , is of such importance as to excite agita- tion and surprise in the other ; or he may , with propriety , occasionally stand with his arms folded , or with the right ...
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Common terms and phrases
Acres Adras Æsop answer arms art thou battle behold blood bound brave brow Brutus Bull Cæsar Caius Verres Casca Cassius Catiline cheers cried dare dark dear death Doge dost doth dread Duke earth Edition enemy eyes father fear Gabor Gaul gentleman give glory gods hand hath head hear heard heart heaven honour hope HORACE SMITH hour Jaff justice king ladies Lioni live look lord Loud Mark Antony ne'er never night noble o'er once Pangloss Papillion patricians peace pray Rienzi Roman Rome Samian wine Scythians SHAKESPERE Shylock Sicily Siegendorf Sir Anth Sir Cha Sir Fret Sir Luc slaves smile Sneer soldiers soul speak Speaker spirit sword tears tell thee thine thou hast thought traitor Twas Tyke Venice voice word young Zounds
Popular passages
Page 18 - God ! let the torrents, like a shout of nations, Answer! and let the ice-plains echo, God!
Page 256 - I am no orator, as Brutus is : But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man, That love my friend; and that they know full well That gave me public leave to speak of him. For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth, Action, nor utterance, nor the power of speech, To stir men's blood : I only speak right on ; I tell you that which you yourselves do know ; Show you sweet Caesar's wounds, poor, poor dumb mouths, And bid them speak for me...
Page 19 - The wide, th' unbounded prospect, lies before me; But shadows, clouds, and darkness rest upon it. Here will I hold. If there's a power above us, (And that there is all nature cries aloud Through all her works), he must delight in virtue ; And that which he delights in, must be happy.
Page 254 - tis his will : Let but the commons hear this testament, (Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read) And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds, And dip their napkins in his sacred blood ; Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, And, dying, mention it within their wills, Bequeathing it, as a rich legacy, Unto their issue.
Page 58 - ON Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow, And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat, at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery.
Page 256 - What private griefs they have, alas, I know not, That made them do it : they are wise and honourable, And will, no doubt, with reasons answer you.
Page 165 - The torrent roar'd, and we did buffet it With lusty sinews, throwing it aside And stemming it with hearts of controversy ; But ere we could arrive the point proposed, Caesar cried ' Help me, Cassius, or I sink...
Page 254 - But yesterday, the word of Caesar might Have stood against the world ; now lies he there, And none so poor to do him reverence.
Page 150 - I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past...
Page 24 - With a bare bodkin ? who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life ; But that the dread of something after death, — The undiscovered country, from whose bourn No traveller returns, — puzzles the will ; And makes us rather bear those ills we have, Than fly to others that we know not of? Thus conscience does make cowards of us all...