 | Increase Cooke - American literature - 1811 - 428 pages
...then to be considered. That's villanious, and shows a most pitiful ambition in the fool that uses it. Be not too tame neither; but let your own discretion...: 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... | |
 | John Bull - English wit and humor - 1825 - 782 pages
...whipped for out-doing Termagant ; it out-herods Herod. Pray you, avoid it. 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 'twere, the mirror up to nature ; to show virtue her... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pages
...Suit the action to the word, the word to the action ; with this special observance, that you o'crstep not the modesty of nature : for anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing ; whose end is — to hold, as 'twere, the mirror up to Nature ; to show Virtue her own feature, Scorn her own... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 594 pages
...for o'er-doing Termagant ; it out-herods Herod : pray you, avoid it. lsi Plag. 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 shew virtue her... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 364 pages
...o'er-doing Termagant ; it out-herods Herod : pray you, avoid it. l Play. I warrant your honour. Hewn. 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... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 390 pages
...neither; but let your own discretion be your tutor. Suit the action — to the word, the too*"* — to the action; with this special observance, that...overdone, is from the purpose of playing; whose end, both at the^rst, and now, wan, and is — to hold, as 'twere, the mirror up to nature; to show virtu* her... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Anatomy - 1845 - 330 pages
...own discretion be your tutor. Suit the action — to the word, the word — to the action ,- witli this special observance, that you o'erstep not the...overdone, is from the purpose of playing ; whose end, both at theJSrsl, and now, was, and « — to hold, as 'twere. the mirror up to nature ; to show virtue... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 396 pages
...discretion be your tutor. Suit the action — to the word, the ico~i — to the action; with tiiis special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty...overdone, is from the purpose of playing ; whose end, both at theirs«, and now, wat, anil is— to hold, as 'twere, the mirror up to nature; to show virtue her... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 334 pages
...the action—to the word, the word—to the action; with this special observance, that you o'crstep not the modesty of nature: for anything, so overdone, is from the purpose of playing; whose rntl, l»oth at the,/frjf, and now, wni, and is—to hold, as 'twere, the mirror up to nature; to show... | |
 | Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 pages
...would have such a fellow whipped, for overdoing termagant; it out-herods Herod; pray you, avoid it. Be not too tame neither; but let your own discretion...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;... | |
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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,... 
