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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... "
Classic Selections from the Best Authors - Page 136
by Samuel Silas Curry - 1888 - 182 pages
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Dramatic Table Talk: Or, Scenes, Situations, & Adventures, Serious ..., Volume 1

Richard Ryan - 1825 - 374 pages
...o'er-doing Termagant ; it out-herods Herod : pray you, avoid it. 1 i'l.iy. I warrant, your honour. Ham. Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion...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 dramatic works of William Shakspeare, with notes ..., Part 25, Volume 10

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 540 pages
...of the universe; the child of the earthquake and of the thunder, 1 Play. I warrant your honour. Ham. Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion...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...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet. Othello

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 554 pages
...for Trimegisto and Termegisto are also names of thisTermagamit? 1 Play. I warrant your honour. Ham. Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion...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...
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The Speaker; Or, Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English ...

William Enfield - 1827 - 412 pages
...are capable of nothing but inexplicable dumb shows and noise: I would have such a fellow whippet! (or o'erdoing termagant ; it outherods Herod. — Pray...the action, with this special observance, that you o'erslcp not the modesty of nature : for any thing so overdone is from the purpose of playing ; whose...
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The Beauties of Shakspeare Regularly Selected from Each Play. With a General ...

William Shakespeare - 1827 - 658 pages
...out-doing Termagant; it out-herods Herod. § Pray you, avoid it. Play. I warrant your hononr. Ham. Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion...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...
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Exercises in Reading and Recitation

Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 266 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 let...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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Analysis of the Principles of Rhetorical Delivery as Applied in Reading and ...

Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 414 pages
...o'erdoing 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...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,...
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The Guardian: Complete in One Volume, with Notes, and a General Index

1829 - 804 pages
...nothing but inexplicable dumb shows. and noise ; I would have such a fellow whipp'd for o'er- doing Termagant ; it out-herods Herod : pray you, avoid...with this special observance, that you o'erstep not tbe modesty of nature : for any thing sn overdone is from tbe purpose of playing, whose end, both at...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare, George Steevens - 1829 - 542 pages
...o'cr-doing Termagant; it out-hcrods Herod:* Fray you, avoid it. l Ptaij. l warrant your honour. Ham. Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion...the action ; with this special observance, that you o'erstcp not the modesty of nature: for any tiling jo overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose...
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Tatler & Guardian

1831 - 704 pages
...such a fellow whipp'd for o'er-doing Termagant ; it out-herods Herod : pray you, avoid it. Be not loo With all this he is so extremely proud that he will...letter, when I was interrupted by Mr. Greenhat, who h any thing so overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first, and now, was, and...
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