 | William Herbert - 1853 - 234 sidor
...would have such a fellow whipp'd for o'er doing Termagant ; it out-herod's Herod : Pray you, avoid it. 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 first and now, was, and is, to... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1853 - 608 sidor
...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'er-step not the modesty of nature. 36— iii. 2. 187. Studies to be pursued according to taste and pleasure. Continue your resolve, To... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1853 - 444 sidor
...MW iv. 4. ACTION, DRAMATIC. Let your own discretion be your tutor : suit the action to the word, and the word to the action; with this special observance,...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... | |
 | Edwin Lees - 1854 - 94 sidor
...the drama, an extract D from his own lecture on the subject in Hamlet fully shows : — " Let your discretion be your tutor, suit the action to the word,...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... | |
 | Edwin Lees - 1854 - 108 sidor
...dignify the drama, an extract from his own lecture on the subject in Hamlet fully shows:— " Let your discretion be your tutor, suit the action to the word,...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... | |
 | Conrad Hume Pinches - 1854 - 460 sidor
...may be too frequently remarked in the elocutionary tyro, is to be studiously avoided: — " Let your discretion be your tutor : suit the action to the...observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature." SHAKESPERE. When both hands are used, except under certain circumstances, which will be explained under... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1856 - 574 sidor
...shows, and noise : I would have such a fellow whipp'd for o'er-doing Termagant ; it out-herods Herod : 3 pray you, avoid it. 1 Play. I warrant your honour....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 2 Our ancient theatres were far... | |
 | 1856 - 518 sidor
...would have such a fellow whipped for o'erdoing Termageus ; it out-herods Herod : I pray you avoid it, Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion...overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first and now, was, and is, to hold, as it were, the mirror up to nature ; to show virtue her... | |
 | Terrence Ortwein - 1994 - 100 sidor
...whirlwind of passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance that may give it smoothness. (OPHELIA.) Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion...observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature. (To the audience.) For anything so o'erdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the... | |
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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. 
