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" ... 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 Tatler - Page 265
1803
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The rhetorical reader, consisting of choice specimens of oratorical ...

John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...her own image, and the very a'ge and boMy of the ti'me/ his fo'rm and pre'ssure. No'w/ this overdone, though it make the unski'lful lau'gh, cannot but make the judi'cious grie"ve, the censure of on'e of whi'ch/ mu'st/ in your all'owance/ o'erweigh a whole th'eatre of others. Oh ! there be pl'ayers,...
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The general reciter; a unique selection of the most admired and popular ...

General reciter - 1845 - 348 pages
...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 of, though it make the unskilful laugh, cannot but make the jndicious grieve ; the censure of one of...
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Practical Elocution: Containing Illustrations of the Principles of Reading ...

Samuel Niles Sweet - Elocution - 1846 - 372 pages
...own feature ; scorn, her own image ; and the very age and body of the time, its form and pressure. 4. Now this, overdone, or come tardy off, though it make...your allowance, o'erweigh a whole theatre of others. 5. 0, there be players that I have seen play, — and heard others praise, and that highly, — not...
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Practical Elocution

Samuel Niles Sweet - Elocution - 1846 - 340 pages
...own feature ; scorn, her own image ; and the very age and body of the time, its form and pressure. 4. Now this, overdone, or come tardy off, though it make...your allowance, o'erweigh a whole theatre of others. 5. O, there be players that I have seen play, — and heard others praise, and thai highly, — not...
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A Practical Manual of Elocution: Embracing Voice and Gesture ...

Merritt Caldwell - Elocution - 1846 - 390 pages
...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,...cannot but make the judicious grieve; the censure of one of which, must in your allowance overweigh a whole theatre of others. " And let those that play...
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An Audition Handbook of Great Speeches

Jerry Blunt - Performing Arts - 1990 - 232 pages
...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 makes the unskillful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve, the censure of the which one must...
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Hamlet

William Shakespeare - Drama - 1992 - 196 pages
...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,...cannot but make the judicious grieve, the censure of the which one must in your allowance o'erweigh a whole theatre of others. O, there be players that...
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I Hate Hamlet

Paul Rudnick - Drama - 1992 - 84 pages
...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 makes the unskillful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve. Go make you ready. (Barrymore has...
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Shakespeare Comes to Broadmoor: The Actors are Come Hither : the Performance ...

Murray Cox - Performing Arts - 1992 - 312 pages
...the mirror up to nature; to show virtue her feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure. Now this over-done or come tardy off, though it makes the unskilful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve, the censure of the which one must...
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Essays on Epistemological Transformations and Theater History

Mary Beth Rose - Drama - 1992 - 256 pages
...their craft, he admonishes them that "this overdone, or come tardy off, though it makes the unskillful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve; the censure of which one" (he adds) "must in your allowance o'erweigh a whole theatre of others" (3.2.25-27). Hamlet's ideas...
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