. Comstock's elocution and model speaker ... . sture, says Quintilian, which urges on the words, contract-ing and opening theI VW?^ f^=?lVvf!l ~ hand with alternate yjj and rapid motion, israther admitted bycommon usage, than according to art. (See Fig. GG.) Second Class of the Postures of the Hands, dependingon the manner of presenting the Palm. Prone, p, Fig. 67. The hand is prone when the palm is turneddownwards. Supine, s. The hand is said to be supine, when the palm is turned upwards, as in Fig. 68. Inwards, n, Fig. 69. When the palm is turned to- ^S^ ^^~^*-N^*s_r-nr— wards the breast £§E

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. Comstock's elocution and model speaker ... . sture, says Quintilian, which urges on the words, contract-ing and opening theI VW?^ f^=?lVvf!l ~ hand with alternate yjj and rapid motion, israther admitted bycommon usage, than according to art. (See Fig. GG.) Second Class of the Postures of the Hands, dependingon the manner of presenting the Palm. Prone, p, Fig. 67. The hand is prone when the palm is turneddownwards. Supine, s. The hand is said to be supine, when the palm is turned upwards, as in Fig. 68. Inwards, n, Fig. 69. When the palm is turned to- ^S^ ^^~^*-N^*s_r-nr— wards the breast £§E~^ nPSR^ ^~2 [BiB! an(i tne hand is ^jS .>i|?|^ ^^^^i^Sfe held on the edge. go ?n Outwards, o, Fig. 70. When the palm is turned from the body, andtowards the object, the thumb down-wards, the hand held on the edge. Vertical, v, Fig. 71. When the palm isperpendicular to the horizon, the fingerspointing upwards. Forioards,f When the palm *s pre-sented forwards, the arm hanging down, or placed inone of the extended, or backward

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