A system of elocution, with special reference to gesture, to the treatment of stammering, and defective articulation .. . huts hiseyes,covers themwith one handand extends the other behind him, as if to ward off the dreaded , as already observed, is expressed by twogestures. (See p. 122.) Horror, which is aversion or astonishment mingledwith terror, is seldom capable of retreating, but remainsin one attitude, with the eyes riveted on the object, thearms, with the hands vertical, held forward to guardthe person, and the whole frame trembling. (Fig. 169.)Listening in order to obtai
A system of elocution, with special reference to gesture, to the treatment of stammering, and defective articulation .. . huts hiseyes,covers themwith one handand extends the other behind him, as if to ward off the dreaded , as already observed, is expressed by twogestures. (See p. 122.) Horror, which is aversion or astonishment mingledwith terror, is seldom capable of retreating, but remainsin one attitude, with the eyes riveted on the object, thearms, with the hands vertical, held forward to guardthe person, and the whole frame trembling. (Fig. 169.)Listening in order to obtain the surest and most va-rious information, first casts the eye quickly in the ap-parent direction of the sounds; if nothing is seen, theear is turned towards the point of expectation, the eyeis bent on vacancy, and the arm is extended, with thehand vertical; but all this passes in a moment. If thesounds proceed from different points at the same time,both hands are held up, and the face and eyes alternatelychange from one side to the other with a rapidity go-verned by the nature of the sound; if it be alarming, with. ELOCUTION. trepidation; if pleasing, with gentle motionThe figure is listening fear.
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