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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,... "
One Hundred Choice Selections in Poetry and Prose: Both New and Old ... - Page 108
by Nathaniel Kirk Richardson - 1866 - 192 pages
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Dramatic Table Talk: Or, Scenes, Situations, & Adventures, Serious ..., Volume 1

Richard Ryan - 1825 - 374 pages
...action ; with this special observance, that you o'er-step not the modesty of nature : for any thing so overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose...time, his form and pressure. Now this, overdone, or come tardy off, though it make the unskilful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve ; the censure...
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The Laughing Philosopher: Being the Entire Works of Momus, Jester of Olympus ...

John Bull - 1825 - 782 pages
...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...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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Cumberland's British Theatre: With Remarks, Biographical and ..., Volume 4

1826 - 508 pages
...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...time, his form and pressure. Now this, over-done, or come tardy off, though it make the unskilful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve; the censure...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 8

William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 654 pages
...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...time, his form and pressure.? Now this, overdone, or come tardy off, though it make the unskilful laugh, cannot but make the j udicious grieve ; the censure...
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Tatler & Guardian

1831 - 704 pages
...action ; with this special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature : for any thing s evening at the play of Hamlot. ' Mr. Bickerstaff,' said he, ' come tardy off, though it make the unskilful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve ; the censure...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: With Glossarial Notes, a Sketch of ...

William Shakespeare - 1832 - 1022 pages
...action ; with this special observance, that you o'erutep not the modesty of nature : for any thiug come tardy off, though it make the unskilful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve ; the censure...
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The National Orator;: Consisting of Selections, Adapted for Rhetorical ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1832 - 310 pages
...ac, tion ; 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...time, his form and pressure.^: Now, this overdone, or come tardy off, though it make the unskilful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve ; the censure...
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Principles of Elocution: Containing Numerous Rules, Observations, and ...

Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pages
...Suit the action to the word, the word to the action ; with this special observance, that you o'crstep not the modesty of nature : for anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing ; whose end is — to hold, as 'twere, the mirror up to Nature ; to show Virtue her own feature, Scorn her own...
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The English Orator: a Selection of Pieces for Reading & Recitation

James Hedderwick - 1833 - 232 pages
...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...time his form and pressure. Now this overdone, or come tardy off, though it make the unskilful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve; the censure...
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Select plays from Shakspeare; adapted for the use of schools and young ...

William Shakespeare - 1836 - 624 pages
...action ; with this special observance, that you o'er-step not the modesty of nature : for any thing so overdone is from ' the purpose of playing, whose...time, his form and pressure. Now this, over-done, or come tardy off, though it make the unskilful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve ; the censure...
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