. Comstock's elocution and model speaker ... . The motions of the hands and arms together, are,therefore, considered; first, as to their direction; and,secondly, as to their manner of moving. The energyis not here taken into account. These motions arenoted by the fourth and fifth small letters, should somany be necessary. In the direction of the motion (Fig. 85), gestures areconsidered as ascending, noted a ; descending, d; tothe right, r; to the left,/; forwards,/; backwards,b; revolving.* v. The stars, connected with the handby dots, show the various points from which the motion of the gestu
. Comstock's elocution and model speaker ... . The motions of the hands and arms together, are,therefore, considered; first, as to their direction; and,secondly, as to their manner of moving. The energyis not here taken into account. These motions arenoted by the fourth and fifth small letters, should somany be necessary. In the direction of the motion (Fig. 85), gestures areconsidered as ascending, noted a ; descending, d; tothe right, r; to the left,/; forwards,/; backwards,b; revolving.* v. The stars, connected with the handby dots, show the various points from which the motion of the gestures has commenced. GESTURE 101 As to the manner of motion, gesture may be consi-dered as Noting, noted n, Fig. 11, page 71. When the first drawn back and raised, and then advanced, and,with a gentle stroke, depressed. Projecting, or pushing, p, Fig. 86. When the armis first retracted, and then thrust forward in the direc-tion in which the hand Waving, w, Fig. 87. Whenthe fingers are first pointeddownwards, and then, by asmart motion of the elbow andwrist, the hand is flung up-ward in a vertical direction. The flourish, fl, Fig. 88. Acircular movement above thehead. The sweep, sw, Fig. 89. Acurved movement, descendingfrom the opposite shoulder, andrising with velocity to theutmost exient of the arm, orthe reverse : changing the position of the hand from9*
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