... twere, the mirror up to nature ; to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure. Now this overdone or come tardy off, though it make the unskilful laugh, cannot but make the judicious... The Works of William Shakespeare - Page 780by William Shakespeare - 1874Full view - About this book
| William Shakespeare - English drama - 1864 - 648 pages
...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...though it make the unskilful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve ; the censure of which one, must, in your allowance, o'erweigh a whole theatre... | |
| William Shakespeare, John William Stanhope Hows - Readers - 1864 - 498 pages
...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...form and pressure. Now this, overdone, or come tardy off1, though it make the unskilful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve ; the censure of which... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1865 - 416 pages
...could have such a fellow whipped for o'erdoing Termagant; it out-herods Herod: pray you, avoid it. 1 Play. I warrant your honour. Ham. Be not too tame...though it make the unskilful laugh, cannot but make the judiciou3 grieve ; the censure of the which one must, in your allowance, o'erweigh a whole theatre... | |
| A.A. Griffith - Elocution - 1865 - 260 pages
...I would have such a fellow whipped for o'erdqing Termagant; it out-herods Herod: pray you avoid it. Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion...this overdone, or come tardy off, though it make the unskillful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve; the censure of which the one, must, in your... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1865 - 362 pages
...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...though it make the unskilful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve; the censure of which one, must, in your allowance, o'erweigh a whole theatre... | |
| Thomas Baker (barrister.) - 1866 - 160 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...though it make the unskilful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve ; the censure of which one, must, in your allowance, o'erweigh a whole theatre... | |
| Frances Martin - English poetry - 1866 - 506 pages
...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...though it make the unskilful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve ; the censure of the which one must in your allowance o'erweigh a whole theatre... | |
| Quotations, English - 1866 - 320 pages
...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...though it make the unskilful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve ; the censure of which one, must, in your allowance, o'eiweigh a whole theatre... | |
| Nathaniel Kirk Richardson - Readers - 1866 - 204 pages
...your tutor. Suit the action to the word; the word to the action; with ffiis special observance—that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature: for anything...time, his form and pressure. Now this, overdone or come^|ardy off, though it make the unskillful laugh, can not but make the judicious grieve; the censure... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1866 - 788 pages
...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...form and pressure. Now, this overdone, or come tardy off/79) though it make the unskilful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve ; the censure of the... | |
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