 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,...  Reinventing Drama: Acting, Iconicity, Performanceby Bruce G. Shapiro - 1999 - 226 pagesNo preview available - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 446 pages
...tutor : suit the action to the word, the word to the action ; with this special observance, that you o'er-step not the modesty of nature : for anything...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 '... | |
 | Increase Cooke - American literature - 1811 - 428 pages
...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 nature ; whose end, both at the first and now, was and is, to hold as 'twere the mirror up to nature... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1814 - 528 pages
...action ; with this special observance, that you o'erstcp not the modesty 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 588 pages
...action ; with this special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature : for anj' 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 ; lo shew virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1824 - 512 pages
...action ; with this special observance, that you o'erstrp not the modesty of nature : for any thing so overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at first, and no\v, was, and is, to hold, as 'twere, the mirror up to nature ; to show virtue her own feature, scorn... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1824 - 512 pages
...action ; with this special observance, that you o'erslep not the modesty of nature : for any thing so overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at first, anc now, was, and is, to hold, as 'twere, the mirror up to nature ; to show virtue her own feature,... | |
 | John Bull - English wit and humor - 1825 - 782 pages
...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...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare, George Steevens - 1829 - 542 pages
...action ; with this special observance, that you o'erstcp not the modesty of nature: for any tiling jo 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1831 - 522 pages
...action ; with this special observance, that you o'erstcp not the modesty 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... | |
 | 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... | |
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