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The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness
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Florence Hartley
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"In
these
preparatory
exercises,
the
motions
were
of
the
most
simple
kind,
the
object
being
to
teach
the
pupil,
gradually
and
separately,
all
those
movements
which,
when
combined,
and
rapidly
executed,
constitute
dancing."
Madame
Simonet
thus
described
those
elementary
instructions,
as
gone
through
by
herself:--"She
successively
learned
to
stand
flat
and
firm
upon
both
her
feet,
with
her
limbs
quite
straight,
and
the
whole
person
perfectly
upright,
but
not
stiff;
then
to
lift
one
foot
from
the
ground,
and
to
keep
it
so
for
some
time
without
moving
any
part
of
her
body;
she
then
replaced
that
foot
on
the
ground,
and
raised
the
other
in
the
same
manner.
These
simple
actions
were
repeated
till
the
pupils
were
quite
familiar
with
them;
they
were
then
directed
to
keep
the
body
quite
erect,
but
not
stiff,
and
bearing
firmly
upon
one
leg,
to
raise
the
other
from
the
ground,
gradually
and
slowly,
by
bending
the
upper
joint
of
the
limb,
at
the
same
time
making
the
knee
straight,
and
putting
the
toe
to
its
proper
extent,
but
no
more.
The
foot,
after
it
had
been
kept
in
this
state
for
some
time,
was
returned
to
the
ground
from
whence
it
was
taken,
and
the
other
foot
treated
in
the
same
manner;
when
quite
familiarized
to
these
actions,
they
were
directed
to
walk
(march,
as
some
people
will
call
it)
slowly,
performing
the
same
motions
with
the
feet
alternately."
The
exercises
which
followed
these,
were
upon
the
turning
out
of
the
feet,
the
balancing
of
the
body,
and
other
attitudes,
which
need
not
be
particularized.
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