Quintilian's Institutes of Oratory: Or, Education of an Orator, Volume 2G. Bell and sons, 1891 - Oratory |
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... gesture , and on everything that can be supposed conducive to the formation of an able public speaker . In the delivery of these precepts he manifests great judg- ment , extensive reading , and the utmost anxiety to do his work well ...
... gesture , and on everything that can be supposed conducive to the formation of an able public speaker . In the delivery of these precepts he manifests great judg- ment , extensive reading , and the utmost anxiety to do his work well ...
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... gesture , 65-68 . Of decorum , 69-71 . Of the countenance , 72-81 . Of the manage- ment of other parts of the body , 82-87 . Of imitation ; must not be in excess , 88-91 . Of certain common gestures and attitudes of the hands and ...
... gesture , 65-68 . Of decorum , 69-71 . Of the countenance , 72-81 . Of the manage- ment of other parts of the body , 82-87 . Of imitation ; must not be in excess , 88-91 . Of certain common gestures and attitudes of the hands and ...
Page 146
... gestures of language , are to receive this designation , that only must here be regarded as a figure , which deviates , by poetical or oratorical phraseology , from the simple and ordinary modes of speaking . Thus we shall be right in ...
... gestures of language , are to receive this designation , that only must here be regarded as a figure , which deviates , by poetical or oratorical phraseology , from the simple and ordinary modes of speaking . Thus we shall be right in ...
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... gesture of a speaker has a powerful effect on the mind , how much more influence must the air , as it were , of his speech have , when adapted to make the impres- sion which he desires ? But the greatest power of figures is shown in ...
... gesture of a speaker has a powerful effect on the mind , how much more influence must the air , as it were , of his speech have , when adapted to make the impres- sion which he desires ? But the greatest power of figures is shown in ...
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... gesture for what is not a living body . 101. Even such figures as are happily applied ought not to be too much crowded . Changes of countenance , and expressive glances of the eye , add great effect to pleading , but if a speaker should ...
... gesture for what is not a living body . 101. Even such figures as are happily applied ought not to be too much crowded . Changes of countenance , and expressive glances of the eye , add great effect to pleading , but if a speaker should ...
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