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The American literary reciter; readings, delcamations and plays, original compositions and choice selections of the best literature .. . Fearlessness Thrown back, pride. Stooping forward, condescension or com-passion. Bending, reverence or respect. Prostration, the utmost humility orabasement. THE LOWER LIMBS. The firm position of the lower limbs, sig-nifies courage or obstinacy. Bended knees indicate timidity, or weak-ness. The lower limbs advance, in desire orcourage. They retire, in aversion or fear. Start, in terror. Stamp, in authority or anger. Kneel, in submission or prayer. These are a
The American literary reciter; readings, delcamations and plays, original compositions and choice selections of the best literature .. . Fearlessness Thrown back, pride. Stooping forward, condescension or com-passion. Bending, reverence or respect. Prostration, the utmost humility orabasement. THE LOWER LIMBS. The firm position of the lower limbs, sig-nifies courage or obstinacy. Bended knees indicate timidity, or weak-ness. The lower limbs advance, in desire orcourage. They retire, in aversion or fear. Start, in terror. Stamp, in authority or anger. Kneel, in submission or prayer. These are a few of the simple gestureswhich may be termed Fear THE ART OF ELOCUTION. 27 VOCAL EXERCISE PREPARATORY TOREADING OR SPEAKING IN PUBLIC. A beneficial influence is exerted on thevoice, by the most vigorous and sustainedexercises upon the elementary sounds, andby reading and declaiming with the utmostforce consistent with purity of tone, imme-diately before retiring for the night. Theorgans of speech are thus rendered flexiblefor exercise on the succeeding day. Evenan interval of only an hour or two, betweenthe preliminary exercise and the subsequenteffort, will, in most cases, afford the organsof speech time to rest, and resume theirnatural state.
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