 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, whose end, both at the first, and now, was, and is, to hold, as 'twere,...  The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare - Page 339by William Shakespeare - 1821Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1824 - 486 pages
...honour. Ham. Be not too tame neither, but let yuar own discretion be your tutor : suit the actkm to the word, the word to the action ; with this special...you o'er-step not the modesty of nature : for any tiling so overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose ead, both at the first, and now, was, and... | |
 | Richard Ryan - Actors - 1825 - 374 pages
...pray you, avoid it. 1 i'l.iy. I warrant, your honour. Ham. Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion be your tutor : suit the action to the...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 shew virtue her... | |
 | John Bull - English wit and humor - 1825 - 782 pages
...Herod. Pray you, avoid it. Play. I warrant your honour. Ham. Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion be your tutor : suit the action to the...that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature : for anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first, and now, was, and... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 554 pages
...names of thisTermagamit? 1 Play. I warrant your honour. Ham. Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion be your tutor: suit the action to the word,...'twere, the mirrour up to nature; to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time, his form and pressure4. Now... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 540 pages
...earthquake and of the thunder, 1 Play. I warrant your honour. Ham. Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion be your tutor: suit the action to the word,...'twere, the mirrour up to nature; to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time, his form and pressure4. Now... | |
 | English drama - 1826 - 508 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,...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1827 - 658 pages
...ยง Pray you, avoid it. Play. I warrant your hononr. Ham. Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion be your tutor: suit the action to the word,...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1827 - 362 pages
...discretion be your tutor: suit the action to the word, the word to the action; with this special observant*, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature: for any...overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first, and now, was, and is, t* . hold, as 'twere the mirror up to nature; to show virtue her... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 414 pages
...Termagant ; it out-herods Herod. Pray you, avoid it. Be not too tame neither ; but let 15 your own discretion be your tutor : suit the action to the...overdone is from the purpose of playing ; whose end, both at the first, and now, was, and is, to and body of the time, his form and pressure. Now this, overdone,... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 pages
...but inexplicable dumb shows and noise. Pray you avoid it. Be not too tame, neither; but let your own discretion be your tutor. Suit the action to the word,...the action; with this special observance, that you overstep not the modesty of nature ; for any thing so overdone is from the purpose of playing; whose... | |
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