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How To Look When Speaking

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Title:     How To Look When Speaking
Author: Elizabeth Turner [More Titles by Turner]

"Louisa, my love," Mrs. Manners began,
"I fear you are learning to stare,
To avoid looking bold, I must give you a plan,
Quite easy to practise with care.

"It is not a lady's or gentleman's eyes
You should look at, whenever address'd,
Whilst hearing them speak, or in making replies,
To look at the mouth is the best.

"This method is modest and easy to learn,
When children are glad to be taught;
And ah! what a pleasure it is in return,
To speak and to look as you ought!"





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Elizabeth Turner's poem: How To Look When Speaking

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