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" ... twere, the mirror up to nature; to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure. "
Characters and Criticisms - Page 257
by William Alfred Jones - 1857
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The British Essayists: The Tatler

Alexander Chalmers - 1803 - 496 pages
...nature : for any thing so 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 feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time hi* form and pressure....
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The Plays of Shakspeare: Printed from the Text of Samuel Johnson ..., Volume 6

William Shakespeare - 1807 - 374 pages
...nature : for any thing so 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 feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time, his form and pressure....
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The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Volume 1

1810 - 522 pages
...reverse the very nature of the drama, " Whose end," says its father Shakspeare, " both at the first and now, was " and is, to hold as 'twere the mirror up to Nature, to show " Virtue her own feature, Scorn her own image, and the very " age and body of the Time his form and...
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The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending ...

Increase Cooke - 1811 - 428 pages
...nature : for anything so overdone is from the purpose of nature ; 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 feature. Scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the Time his for;n and pressure....
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The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text of the ..., Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1811 - 516 pages
...of nature : for any thing so overdone ia from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at first, and now, was, and is, to hold, as 'twere, the mirror up to nature; to show virtne her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time, his form and pressure....
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The Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1812 - 420 pages
...nature : for any thing so 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 feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time, his form and pressure.4...
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The Works of William Shakespeare: In Nine Volumes, Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1812 - 414 pages
...nature : for any thing so 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 feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time, his form and pressure.*...
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The dramatic works of William Shakspeare, Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1814 - 528 pages
...of nature : for any thing so overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at first, and now, was, and is, to hold, as 'twere, the mirror up to nature ; to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of time, his form and pressure....
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The dramatic works of William Shakspeare. Whittingham's ed, Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1814 - 574 pages
...of nature : for any thing so overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at first, and now, was, and is, to hold, as 'twere, the mirror up to nature ; to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of time, his form and pressure....
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Shakspeare's himself again; or the language of the poet asserted

Andrew Becket - 1815 - 748 pages
...B. Ham. For any thing so 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 feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure....
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