 ... 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.  Tragedies. Poems - Page 124by William Shakespeare - 1867Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1852 - 570 pages
...o'erdoing Termagant ; it out-herods Herod : Pray you, avoid it. 1 Play. I warrant your honour. Ham. 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 'twere, the mirror up to nature ; to show virtue her... | |
 | Readers - 1853 - 458 pages
...I would have such a fellow whipped for o'er-doing Termagant ; it out-herods Herod : 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 'twere, the mirror up to nature ; to show virtue her... | |
 | William Herbert - 1853 - 234 pages
...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...overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both first and now, was, and is, to hold, as 'twere, the mirror up to nature ; to show virtue her own feature,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1853 - 746 pages
...o'er-doing Termagant ; it out-herods Herod : pray you, avoid it. 1»i Play. I warrant your honour. Ham. 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 'twere, the mirror up to nature ; to shew virtue her... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1853 - 608 pages
...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 - 420 pages
...out-herods Herod.§ Pray you, avoid it. Play. I warrant your honour. Ham. Be not too tame neither, bullet your own discretion be your tutor: suit the action...observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature: for any thing so overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first, and now, was, and... | |
 | Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt Ritchie - American fiction - 1856 - 448 pages
...Anything — don't matter what — a touch of the tragic, if you like. But — 'suit the action to the word, the word to the action, with this special...hold, as 't were, the mirror up to nature ; to show Virtue her own features, Scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure... | |
 | William Sherwood - Conversation - 1856 - 466 pages
...noise. I would have such a fellow whipped for o'erdoing Termagant ; it out-Herods 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 any thing so overdone is from the purpose of playing, — whose end, both at the first and now, was... | |
 | Readers - 1856 - 518 pages
...I 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...that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature : for any thing so overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first and now, was, and... | |
 | Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt Ritchie - American fiction - 1856 - 436 pages
...But—'suit the action to the word, the word to the action, with this special observance, that you overstep not the modesty of nature ; for anything so overdone...hold, as ; t were, the mirror up to nature; to show Virtue her own features, Scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure... | |
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