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" O! it offends me to the soul to hear a robustious periwig-pated fellow tear a passion to tatters, to very rags, to split the ears of the groundlings... "
The Standard Speaker: Containing Exercises in Prose and Poetry for ... - Page 503
by Epes Sargent - 1852 - 558 pages
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the ..., Volume 10

William Shakespeare - 1803 - 446 pages
...unwatch'd go. [Exeunt. SCENE II. A Hall in the same. Enter HAMLET, and certain Players. Ham. Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you,...to very rags, to split the ears of the groundlings ;8 who, for the most part, are capable of nothing but inexplicable dumb shows, and noise : I , i Reprimand...
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The Tatler, Volume 1

1804 - 416 pages
...temperance, that may give it smoothness. O, it offends me to the soul, to hear a robustious perriwig-pated fellow tear a passion to tatters, to very rags, to...part, are capable of nothing but inexplicable dumb shew, and noise : I would have such a fellow whipp'd for o'erdoing Termagant ; it outherods Herod :...
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The British Essayists: The Tatler

Alexander Chalmers - 1803 - 496 pages
...temperance, that may give it smoothness. O, it offends me to the soul, to hear a robustious perriwig pated fellow tear a passion to tatters, to very rags, to...part, 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...
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The Tatler, Volume 1

1803 - 410 pages
...temperance, that may give it smoothness. O, it offends me to the soul, to hear a robustious perriwig-pated fellow tear a passion to tatters, to very rags, to...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...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare, Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1804 - 642 pages
...temperance, that may give it smoothness. O, it offends me to the soul, to hear a robustious perriwig-pated fellow tear a passion to tatters, to very rags, to...part, are capable of nothing but inexplicable dumb shows, and noise: I would have such a fellow whipped for o'er-doing Termagant; it out-herods Herod:...
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The Plays of Shakspeare: Printed from the Text of Samuel Johnson ..., Volume 6

William Shakespeare - 1807 - 374 pages
...your passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance, that may give it smoothness. O, it ofl'ends me to the soul, to hear a robustious periwig-pated...part, are capable of nothing but inexplicable dumb shows, and noise: I would have such a fellow whipped for o'er-doing Termagant; it out-herods Herod...
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The Oxford review; or, Literary censor, Volume 1

734 pages
...very disgusting in the imitation. ." Qh it offends me to the soul to hear a robustious pcrriwig-pated fellow tear a passion to tatters, to very rags ; to...part, are capable of nothing but inexplicable dumb shows and noise." Hamlet." We cannot pass qver this quotation without a mark of censure on the sentence...
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The British Theatre; Or, A Collection of Plays,: Which are Acted at the ...

Mrs. Inchbald - 1808 - 416 pages
...Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounc'd it to you, trippingly on the tongue ; but, if you mouthe it, as many of our players do, I had as lief the town-crier...part, are capable of nothing but inexplicable dumb shows, and noise : I would have such a fellow whipp'd for o'erdoing Termagant; it out-herods Herod...
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The British Theatre; Or, A Collection of Plays: Which are Acted at the ...

Elizabeth Inchbald - 1808 - 418 pages
...Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounc'd it to you, trippingly on the tongue ; but, if you mouthe it, as many of our players do, I had as lief the town-crier...part, are capable of nothing but inexplicable dumb shows, and noise : I would have such a fellow whipp'd for o'erdoing Termagant; it out-herods Herod...
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The Speaker; Or Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1808 - 434 pages
...beget a temperence that may give it smoothness. Oh ! it offends me to the soul, to hear a robusteous periwig-pated fellow tear a passion to tatters, to....part)' are capable of nothing but inexplicable dumb sheW;a-nd noise : I could have such a feiIdwetyvbi'ppAt'for oserdoing termagant; it out-herods Hetod....
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