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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 anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing,... "
The works of William Shakspere. Knight's Cabinet ed., with additional notes - Page 287
by William Shakespeare - 1856
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Elocution, Or, Mental and Vocal Philosophy: Involving the Principles of ...

C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 390 pages
...neither; but let your own discretion be your tutor. Suit the action — to the word, the too*"* — to the action; with this special observance, that...overdone, is from the purpose of playing; whose end, both at the^rst, and now, wan, and is — to hold, as 'twere, the mirror up to nature; to show virtu* her...
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Elocution; Or, Mental and Vocal Philosophy: Involving the Principles of ...

C. P. Bronson - Anatomy - 1845 - 330 pages
...own discretion be your tutor. Suit the action — to the word, the word — to the action ,- witli this special observance, that you o'erstep not the...overdone, is from the purpose of playing ; whose end, both at theJSrsl, and now, was, and « — to hold, as 'twere. the mirror up to nature ; to show virtue...
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Elocution, Or, Mental and Vocal Philosophy: Involving the Principles of ...

C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 396 pages
...discretion be your tutor. Suit the action — to the word, the ico~i — to the action; with tiiis special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty...overdone, is from the purpose of playing ; whose end, both at theirs«, and now, wat, anil is— to hold, as 'twere, the mirror up to nature; to show virtue her...
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Practical Speaking: As Taught in Yale College

Erasmus Darwin North - Elocution - 1846 - 454 pages
...capable of nothing - but inexplicable dumb sfwws, and noise. \ Pray you, avoid it. \ Be not too tame, - neither ; \ but let your own discretion \ be your...the action ; with this special observance, that you o'erstcp not the modesty of nature ; for any thing so overdone \ is from the purpose / of playing ;...
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A Practical Manual of Elocution: Embracing Voice and Gesture ...

Merritt Caldwell - Elocution - 1846 - 390 pages
...your passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance that may g've it smoothness. " Be not too tame neither ; but let your own discretion be your tutor....the action; with this special observance, that you o'erslep not the modesty of nature : for any thing so overdone is from the purpose of playing ; whose...
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The Plays of William Shakspeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ..., Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1847 - 554 pages
...* ; it out-herods Herod ' : Pray you, avoid it. 1 Play. I warrant your honour. Ham. Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion be your tutor...that you o'er-step 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...
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The reciter's companion; comprising the most popular recitations, comic ...

Reciter - 1848 - 262 pages
...your passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance that may give it smoothness. . . Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion be your tutor....the word, the word to the action, with this special obseiTance, that you o'entep not the modesty Of nature."— SlI A iXSPEABE. LONDON : W. STRANGE, 21,...
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The reciter's companion; comprising the most popular recitations, comic ...

Reciter - 1848 - 262 pages
...your passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance that maygive it smoothness. . . Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion be your tutor....action to the word, the word to the action, with this vpeci&l observance, that you o'eratep not the modnty of nature." — SHAUSFEABK. LONDON -. W. STRANGE,...
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The British orator

Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 pages
...a fellow whipped, for overdoing termagant; it out-herods Herod; pray you, avoid it. Be not too tame neither; but let your own discretion be your tutor;...overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at first and now, was and is, to hold as 'twere the mirror up to nature; to show virtue her own feature;...
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Exercises in Rhetorical Reading: With a Series of Introductory Lessons ...

Richard Green Parker - Elocution - 1849 - 446 pages
...neither : but let your own discretion be your tutor. Suit the action to the word, the word to the 10 action ; with this special observance, that you o'erstep...overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end is — to hold, as it were, the mirror up to nature ; to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own...
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