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Shakespearean Scholarship: A Guide for Actors and Students
by Leslie O'Dell - 2002 - 413 pages
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Hamlet. Titus Andronicus

William Shakespeare - 1788 - 522 pages
...the word to the aftion ; with this special observance, that you o'er-step not the modesty of nature : For, any thing so over-done 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 shew virtue her...
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The Tatler, Volume 1

English essays - 1803 - 410 pages
...the word to the action; with this special 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 is, to hold as 'twere the mil rour up to nature; to shew virtue her...
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The British Essayists: The Tatler

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1803 - 496 pages
...the word to the action ; with this special 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 is, to hold as 'twere the mirror up to nature ; to show virtue her...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare, Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1804 - 642 pages
...the word to the action; with this special observance, 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 is, to hold, as 'twere, the mirrour up to nature; to show virtue her...
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...the word to the action, with this special observance , that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature : for any thing so overdone is from the purpose of playing ; whose «nd , both at the first and now , was and is , to hold as 'twere , the mirror up to nature ; to'shew...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare : Accurately Printed from the ..., Volume 10

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 486 pages
...the word to the action; with this special observance, 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 is, to hold, as 'twere, the mirrour up to nature ; to show virtue her...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ..., Volume 9

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 486 pages
...the word to the action; with this special observance, 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 is, to hold, as 'twere, the mirrour up to nature ; to show virtue her...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: With Notes of Various Commentators, Volume 14

William Shakespeare - 1806 - 420 pages
...the word to the action ; with this special observance, 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 is, to hold, as 'twere, the mirrour up to nature ; to show virtue her...
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The Plays of Shakspeare: Printed from the Text of Samuel Johnson ..., Volume 6

William Shakespeare - 1807 - 374 pages
...the word to the action ; with this special observance, 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 is, to hold, as 'twere, the mirror up to nature ; to show virtue her...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, with Explanatory Notes ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 584 pages
...word to the action ; with this special 40 observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature : er Edgar. My father watches : — O, at the first, and now, was, and is, to hold as 'twere the mirror up to nature ; to shew virtue her...
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