Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the Improvement of Youth in Reading and Speaking : as Well as for the Perusal of Persons of Taste : with an Appendix ...Peter B. Gleason, 1812 - 382 páginas |
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... fear ; spread forth with the hands open , to express desire or affection ; the hands clapped in sur- prise , and in sudden joy and grief ; the right hand clench- ed , and the arms brandished , to threaten ; the two arms set a - kimbo ...
... fear ; spread forth with the hands open , to express desire or affection ; the hands clapped in sur- prise , and in sudden joy and grief ; the right hand clench- ed , and the arms brandished , to threaten ; the two arms set a - kimbo ...
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... anxiety , which is always attended with some degree of fear and uneasiness , draws all the parts of the body together ; gathers up the arms upon the breast unless one hand covers the eyes , or rubs the OF GESTURE . 19.
... anxiety , which is always attended with some degree of fear and uneasiness , draws all the parts of the body together ; gathers up the arms upon the breast unless one hand covers the eyes , or rubs the OF GESTURE . 19.
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... Fear , violent and sudden , opens very wide the eyes and mouth ; shortens the nose ; draws down the eyebrows ; gives the countenance an air of wildness ; covers it with a deadly paleness ; draws back the elbows parallel with the sides ...
... Fear , violent and sudden , opens very wide the eyes and mouth ; shortens the nose ; draws down the eyebrows ; gives the countenance an air of wildness ; covers it with a deadly paleness ; draws back the elbows parallel with the sides ...
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... fear ) to the throne of heavenly mercy ; and immediately cast down again to the earth . Then floods of tears are seen to flow . The knees are bended ; or the body prostrated on the ground . The arms are spread in a suppliant posture ...
... fear ) to the throne of heavenly mercy ; and immediately cast down again to the earth . Then floods of tears are seen to flow . The knees are bended ; or the body prostrated on the ground . The arms are spread in a suppliant posture ...
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... fear . ( See Fear . ) If the hands hold any thing , at the time when the object of wonder appears , they immediate- ly let it drop , unconscious ; and the whole body fixes in the contracted , stooping posture of amazement ; the mouth ...
... fear . ( See Fear . ) If the hands hold any thing , at the time when the object of wonder appears , they immediate- ly let it drop , unconscious ; and the whole body fixes in the contracted , stooping posture of amazement ; the mouth ...
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