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" And let those that play your clowns speak no more than is set down for them : for there be of them that will themselves laugh, to set on some quantity of barren spectators to laugh too, though in the mean time some necessary question of the play be then... "
The Tatler - Page 266
1803
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ..., Volume 9

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 486 pages
...humanity so abominably. ] Play. I hope, we have reformed that indifferently with us. Ham. O, reform it altogether. And let those, that play your clowns, speak no more than is set down for them:4 for there be of them, that will themselves laugh, to set on some quantity of barren spectators...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: With Explanatory Notes ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 562 pages
...those, that play your clowns, speak »o more than is !et down for them : For there be of them, that wil! themselves laugh, to set on some quantity of barren spectators to laugh too ; though, in the meai time, some necessary question of the pby be ther to be considered : that 's villainous ; and shews...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, with Explanatory Notes ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 584 pages
...humanity so abominably. 1 Play. I hope, we have reform'd that indifferently with us. Hum. O, reform it or r ) tor them: For there be of them, that w. II themselves laugh, to set on some quantity of barren spectators...
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The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners: With Strictures on ..., Volume 2

1807 - 474 pages
...last of these notable histrionic maxims, that I shall condescend to notice, is—but only hear it. " Let those that play your Clowns, speak no more than is set down far them." Farewel then, a long farewel to all the honour of comedy, and the genius of the comedian...
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The British Essayists, Volume 1

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 406 pages
...and bellowed, that I have thought some of nature's journeymen had made men, and not made them wellt they imitated humanity so abominably. This should...themselves laugh, to set on some quantity of barren spectator* to langh too ; though in the mean time, some necessary question of the play be then to be...
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The Speaker; Or Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...nature's journeymen had made men, and not made them well ; they imitated humanity so abominably, ' . . And let those that play your clowns, speak no more...set down for them : for there be of them that will themsevles laugh, to set on sonje quantity of barren spectators to laugh too ; though in the mean time,...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustr ..., Volume 15

William Shakespeare - 1809 - 476 pages
...humanity so ahominahly. 1 Play. \ hope, we have reformed t'iat indifferently with us. Ham. O, reform it altogether. And let those, that play your clowns,...speak no more than is set down for them:" for there he of them, that will themselves laugh, to set on some quantity of harren spectators to laugh too ;...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and ..., Volume 15

William Shakespeare - 1809 - 470 pages
...humanity so ahominahly. 1 Play. I hope, we have reformed that indifferently with us. Ham. O, reform it altogether. And let those, that play your clowns,...speak no more than is set down for them:* for there he of them, that will themselves laugh, to set on some quantity of harren spectators to laugh too ;...
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The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending ...

Increase Cooke - American literature - 1811 - 428 pages
...I would have such a fellow whipt for overdoing Termagant, it out-herods Herod ; pray you avoid it. And let those that play your clowns, speak no more...of barren spectators to laugh too': though in the meantime, some necessary part of the play be then to be considered. That's villanious, and shows a...
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The Plays of William Shakspeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ..., Volume 17

William Shakespeare - 1811 - 396 pages
...have reform d that indifferently with as. Ham. O, reform it altogether. And let those, that play yonr clowns , speak no more than is set down for them : for there be of them , that will themselves langh, to set on some qnantity of harren spectators to langh too ; thongh in the mean time, some necessary...
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