| William Shakespeare - 1874 - 240 pages
...says: — ' 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...that you 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... | |
| William Henry Venable - Amateur plays - 1874 - 288 pages
...o'erdoing Termagant ; it outherods Herod. Pray you avoid it. First Player. I warrant, your honor. Hamlet. Be not too tame, neither, but let your own discretion...observance, that you 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... | |
| Frederick Helmore - Chants - 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...that you o'erstep not 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... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1874 - 310 pages
...Termagant; it out-herods Herod: pray you, avoid it Hamlet. Hamlet, Act iii. Sc. 2. ORATORY (on) [827]. Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion...observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature : Hamlet. Hamlet, Act iii. Sc. 2. ORATORY (after-dinner) [150]. .... your reasons at dinner have been... | |
| William Shakespeare - Drama - 1980 - 388 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...observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature. For anything so o'erdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, » both at the first and now, was and... | |
| Doris Eveline Faulkner Jones - Literary Criticism - 1982 - 244 pages
...periwig-pated fellow tear a passion to tatters, to very rags, to split the ears of the groundlings. ... Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion...special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty (ie, moderation) of nature." This virtue of Temperance lies at the very core of Hamlet's tragedy :... | |
| Paul Kuritz - Performing Arts - 1988 - 478 pages
...would have such a fellow whipt for o'erdoing. Termagant, it out-Herods Herod, pray you avoid it. ... Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion...o'erstep not the modesty of nature: for any thing so o'erdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first and now, was and is, to hold... | |
| Jerry Blunt - Performing Arts - 1990 - 232 pages
...for o'er-doing Termagant. It out-herods Herod: pray you, avoid it. (Player: I warrant your honor.) Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion...observance, that you 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... | |
| William Shakespeare - Drama - 1992 - 196 pages
...o'erdoing Termagant. It out-Herods Herod. Pray you, avoid it. PLAYER 1 I warrant your honour. HAMLET Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion...observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature: for anything so o'erdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, 20 both at the first and now, was and... | |
| Paul Rudnick - Drama - 1992 - 84 pages
...say, whirlwind of your passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance that may give it smoothness. Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion...observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature. For anything so o'erdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first and now, was and... | |
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