 | Sir Daniel Wilson - 1873 - 354 pages
...endures. Hamlet's directions to the players are completed 'with this special observance, that they o'erstep not the modesty of nature; for anything 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1874 - 240 pages
...— ' Sometime, to show his lightness and maistrye, He playeth Herod on a scaffold bye; ACT III. Ham. 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 't were, the mirror up to nature ; to show virtue her... | |
 | Frederick Helmore - 1874 - 150 pages
...whirlwind of passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance that may give it smoothness." * * * " Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion...the modesty of nature ; for anything so overdone is H from the purpose of playing, whose end both at the first and now, was and is, to hold, as 'twere,... | |
 | Eclipse temperance elocutionist - 1875 - 186 pages
...whipped for o'erdoing Termagant : it out-herods Herod : pray you avoid it. * * * Be not too tame either, but let your own discretion be your tutor : suit the...overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first, and now, was, and is, to hold, as it were, the mirror up to nature ; to show virtue her... | |
 | Charles John Plumptre - 1876 - 418 pages
...capable of nothing but inexplicable dumb shows and noise 1 would have such a fellow WHIPPED for derdoing Termagant it outHerods HEROD Pray YOU avoid it Be...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1876 - 706 pages
...o'crdoing Termagant; iT'out* herods Herod? pray you, avoid it. 1 PLAY. I warrant your honour. HAM. 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 't were, the mirror up to nature; to show virtue her... | |
 | Joshua Hall McIlvaine - 1876 - 414 pages
...it Be nol too tame neither; but let your discretion be youi tutor. Suit the action to the word, and the word to the action; with this special observance...anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing [speaking]. Oh! there be players [speakers] that I have seen play [speak], and heard others praise,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1878 - 266 pages
...o'erdoing Termagant: it out-herods Herod: pray you, avoid it. First Player. I warrant your honour. Hamlet. 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 't were, the mirror up to nature ; to show, virtue her... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1879 - 546 pages
...o'erdoing Termagant; it out-herods Herod : pray you, avoid it. First Play. I warrant your honour. Ham. this. Dost thou not laugh ? Ben. No, coz, I rather...heart, at what ? Ben. At thy good heart's oppression. at the first and now, was and is, to hold, as 't were, the mirror up to nature ; to show virtue her... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1880 - 510 pages
...action; with this special observance, that you o'er-step not the modesty of nature ; for anything [20] so overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose...age and body of the time, his form and pressure. Now [35] this, overdone, or corne tardy off, though it make the unskilful laugh, cannot but make the judicious... | |
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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,... 
