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" Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion be your tutor: suit the action to the word, the word to the action; with this special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature: for any thing so overdone is from the purpose of playing,... "
Shakespeare and the Law - Page xxxiv
by Dunbar P. Barton, Sir Dunbar Plunket Barton - 1999 - 167 pages
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The Tatler, Volume 1

English essays - 1803 - 410 pages
...part, are capable of nothing but inexplicable dumb shew, and noise: I would have such a fellow wbipp'd for o'erdoing Termagant; it outherods Herod: pray...overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first, and now, was, and is, to hold as 'twere the mil rour up to nature; to shew virtue her...
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The British Essayists: The Tatler

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1803 - 496 pages
...are capable of nothing but inexplicable dumb shews, and noise : I would have such a fellow whipp'd for o'er-doing Termagant ; it out-herods Herod : pray...overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first, and now, was, and is, to hold as 'twere the mirror up to nature ; to show virtue her...
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...of nothing but inexplicable dumb shews and noise : I would have such a- fellow whipp'd for o'erdomg termagant ; it out-herods Herod. Pray you , avoid...so overdone is from the purpose of playing ; whose «nd , both at the first and now , was and is , to hold as 'twere , the mirror up to nature ; to'shew...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare : Accurately Printed from the ..., Volume 10

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 486 pages
...is constantly linked with Mahound, or Mohammed. 9 uut-herods Herod:] The character of Herod in the the word to the action; with this special observance,...overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first, and now, was, and is, to hold, as 'twere, the mirrour up to nature ; to show virtue her...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ..., Volume 9

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 486 pages
...is constantly linked with Mahound, or Mohammed. 9 out-herods Herod:] The character of Herod in th« the word to the action; with this special observance,...overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first, and now, was, and is, to hold, as 'twere, the mirrour up to nature ; to show virtue her...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, with Explanatory Notes ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 584 pages
...discretion be your tutor : suit the action to the word, the word to the action ; with this special 40 — Brothvr, a word ; — descend:— Brother, I say ; Enter Edgar. My father watches : — O, at the first, and now, was, and is, to hold as 'twere the mirror up to nature ; to shew virtue her...
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The British Cicero: Or, A Selection of the Most Admired Speeches ..., Volume 1

Oratory - 1808 - 540 pages
...not too tame, neither ; but let your own discretion be your tutor. Suit the action to the word, and the word to the action, with this special observance,...thing so overdone is from the purpose of playing, the end of which both was and is, to hold, as 'twere, the mirror up to nature, — to shew virtue her...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustr ..., Volume 15

William Shakespeare - 1809 - 476 pages
...he your tutor: suit the action to the word, the word to the action ; with this special ohservance, that you o'er-step not the modesty of nature : for...overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, hoth at the first, and now, was, and is, to hold, as 'twere, the mirrour up to nature ; to show virtue...
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Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet. Othello. Glossarial index

William Shakespeare - 1811 - 498 pages
...Mohammed. 9 out-herods Herod :] The character of Hfrod in the ancient mysteries, was always a violent one. the word to the action ; with this special observance,...overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first, and now, was, and is, to hold, as 'twere, the mirrour up to nature ; to show virtue her...
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Elegant extracts: a copious selection of passages from the most ..., Volume 2

Elegant extracts - 1812 - 310 pages
...groundlings ; who (for the most part) are capable of nothing, but inexplicable dumb shows and noise. Pray you, avoid it. Be not too tame neither : but...overdone, is from the purpose of playing ; whose end is — to bold, as 'twere, the mirror up to nature ; to show Virtue her own feature, Scorn her own...
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