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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... "
A Thousand and One Gems of English Prose - Page 399
1872 - 534 pages
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The Speaker: Or Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...inexplicable dumb shows and noise ; I would have such a fellow whipped for o'erdoing termagant; it outherods Herod. — Pray you, avoid it. Be not too tame neither...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 plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text of the ..., Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 558 pages
...o'er-doing Termagant8; it out-herods Herod9: Pray you, avoid it. 1 Play. 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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Lessons in Elocution: Or, a Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse for the ...

William Scott - 1823 - 396 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...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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The Beauties of Shakespeare: Selected from Each Play : with a General Index ...

William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1824 - 428 pages
...for o'er-doing Termagant; it out-herods Herodf. Pray you, avoid it. 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 British Theatre: Or, A Collection of Plays, which are Acted at ..., Volume 5

Mrs. Inchbald - 1824 - 486 pages
...o'erdoing Termagant ; it out-herods Herod: 'Pray you, avoid it. 1 Act. 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 Plays, Volume 10

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 370 pages
...o'erdoing Termagant ; it out-herods HerodJ : Pray you, avoid it. 1 Play. I warrant your honour. Ham. Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion...special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of na* Reprimand him with freedom. •f* The meaner people then seeui to have sat in the pit. ture : for...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 512 pages
...o'er-doing Termagant; ilout-herods Herod :' Pray you, avoid it 1 Play. I warrant your honour. Ham. Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion...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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Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the ...

William Scott - 1825 - 382 pages
...groundlings ; who, (for the most part) are capable of nothing hut inexplicable dumb shows and noise. Pray you avoid it. Be not too tame, neither ; but...that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature ; for any thing so overdone is from the purpose of playing : whose end is — to hold as 'twere, the mirror...
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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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