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 136by Samuel Silas Curry - 1888 - 182 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Sherwood - 1856 - 466 pages
...WHIRLWIND of your passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance that may give it smoothness. 0 ! it offends me to the soul, to hear a robustious, periwig-pated...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... | |
| 1856 - 518 pages
...dumbshows and noise : I would have such a fellow whipped for o'erdoing Termageus ; it out-herods Herod : I pray you avoid it, Be not too tame neither, but let...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... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1856 - 574 pages
...o'er-doing Termagant ; it out-herods Herod : 3 pray you, avoid it. 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... | |
| Terrence Ortwein - 1994 - 100 pages
...whirlwind of passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance that may give it smoothness. (OPHELIA.) Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion...observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature. (To the audience.) For anything so o'erdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the... | |
| Albert Haberstro - 1996 - 114 pages
...whirlwind of your passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance that may give it smoothness. 0, it offends me to the soul to hear a robustious, periwig-pated...the action; with this special observance, that you o 'er-step not the modesty of nature : for anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose... | |
| William Mooney - 1996 - 212 pages
...part) are capable of nothing but inexplicable dumbshows and noise. I would have such a fellow whipp'd for o'erdoing Termagant. It out-herods Herod. Pray...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 own... | |
| Paul Nimmo - 1996 - 72 pages
...say, whirlwind of your passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance that may give it smoothness. Be not too tame, neither, but let your own discretion...o'erstep not the modesty of nature. For anything so o'erdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first and now, was and is, to hold,... | |
| Clive Barker, Simon Trussler - 1996 - 98 pages
...playing? Both possibilities are there, but there is tremendous resonance in the apparent simplicity of: 'Let your own discretion be your tutor. Suit the action...o'erstep not the modesty of nature; for anything so o'erdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first and now, was and is to hold,... | |
| Peter J. Leithart - 1996 - 288 pages
...Hamlet intends to use the drama. The key portion of his opening speech is this: Suit the action to the word, the word to the action, with this special...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 own... | |
| William Shakespeare, Simon Dunmore - 1997 - 132 pages
...groundlings, who for the most part are capable of nothing but inexplicable dumb shows and noise ... ... Be not too tame, neither; but let your own discretion...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 own... | |
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