A system of elocution, with special reference to gesture, to the treatment of stammering, and defective articulation .. . Waving, ic, 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 extent of the arm, orthe reverse : changing the position of the hand from9 *. 102 ELOCUTION. supine to vertical, in the first case, an
A system of elocution, with special reference to gesture, to the treatment of stammering, and defective articulation .. . Waving, ic, 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 extent of the arm, orthe reverse : changing the position of the hand from9 *. 102 ELOCUTION. supine to vertical, in the first case, and from verticalto supine, in the latter. The sweep is sometimes doubled,by returning the arm through the same arch.* Beckoning, bk. When with the fore-finger, or thewhole hand, the palm being turned inwards, a motionis made in the direction of the breast. Repressing, rp. The reverse of the preceding ges-ture, when the fore-finger, or the whole hand, the palmturned outwards, makes a motion in opposition to theperson addressed. The motions, in these last two ges-tures, are often repeated.
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