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THE girl’s BOOK OF DIVERSIONS.
50. THE DUMB ORATOR.
In this amusement there are in reality two performers,
one that speaks without gesture, and one that makes
gestures without speaking. We will suppose that Maria
personates the speaker. She stands in the middle ol
the room, enveloped in a large cloak. Harriet hides
behind her, concealed under the same cloak, keeping
down her head below Maria’s shoulders. She must
thrust out her arms through the arm-holes of the cloak
THE girl’s BOOK OF DIVERSIONS.
50. THE DUMB ORATOR.
In this amusement there are in reality two performers,
one that speaks without gesture, and one that makes
gestures without speaking. We will suppose that Maria
personates the speaker. She stands in the middle ol
the room, enveloped in a large cloak. Harriet hides
behind her, concealed under the same cloak, keeping
down her head below Maria’s shoulders. She must
thrust out her arms through the arm-holes of the cloak
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| Antiquarian books of Scotland > Sports & games > Girl's book of diversions, or, Occupation for play hours > (104) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/113592886 |
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| Description | By Miss Leslie. |
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| Shelfmark | ABS.1.76.272 |
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| Description | Thousands of printed books from the Antiquarian Books of Scotland collection which dates from 1641 to the 1980s. The collection consists of 14,800 books which were published in Scotland or have a Scottish connection, e.g. through the author, printer or owner. Subjects covered include sport, education, diseases, adventure, occupations, Jacobites, politics and religion. Among the 29 languages represented are English, Gaelic, Italian, French, Russian and Swedish. |
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