A system of elocution, with special reference to gesture, to the treatment of stammering, and defective articulation .. . 96 supine, and the fingers turn inwards,without touching. Thumb, m, Fig. 63 and 64. Point-ing with the thumb, the fingers beingclasped down, and the thumb ex-tended. Grasping, g, Fig. 65. The fin-gers and thumb seizing the garments,or the hair. That gesture, says Quintilian, which urges on the words, contract-ing and opening thehand with alternateand rapid motion, israther admitted bycommon usage, than according to art. (See Fig. 66.) Second Class of the Posture
A system of elocution, with special reference to gesture, to the treatment of stammering, and defective articulation .. . 96 supine, and the fingers turn inwards,without touching. Thumb, m, Fig. 63 and 64. Point-ing with the thumb, the fingers beingclasped down, and the thumb ex-tended. Grasping, g, Fig. 65. The fin-gers and thumb seizing the garments,or the hair. That gesture, says Quintilian, which urges on the words, contract-ing and opening thehand with alternateand rapid motion, israther admitted bycommon usage, than according to art. (See Fig. 66.) 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.
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