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" Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion be your tutor: suit the action to the word, the word to the action ; with this special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature: for anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing,... "
The Plays of William Shakspeare: Accurately Printed from the Text of the ... - Page 326
by William Shakespeare - 1847
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The Works of William Shakespeare: Comprising His Dramatic and ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1853 - 596 pages
...inexplicable dumb show, and noise : I would have such a felljw whipped for o'er-doing Termagant; itoul-hcrods een a rod to her friends ; you have not, indeed, loved...love. I will, air, flatter my »worn brother the p ob servance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature: for any thing so overdone is from the purpose...
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School elocution : or The young academical orator

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...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...
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The Book of Eloquence: A Collection of Extracts in Prose and Verse, from the ...

Readers - 1853 - 458 pages
...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...that you o'er-step 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...
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The Wisdom and Genius of Shakespeare: Comprising Moral Philosophy ...

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...
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The Plays of William Shakspeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ..., Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1854 - 480 pages
...and noise : I would have such a fellow whipped for o'er-doing Termagant; itout-herodsHerou^Prayyou, avoid it. 1 Play. I warrant your honour. Ham. Be not...action to the word, the word to the action ; with this spec iai observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of na. ture : for any thing so overdone is from...
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The Stratford Shakspere, ed. by C. Knight, Volumes 17-22

William Shakespeare - 1856 - 824 pages
...couM have such a fellow whipped for o'erdoing Termagant; it outherods Herod : pray you, avoid it. I PLAY. I warrant your honour. HAM. Be not too tame...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...
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The works of William Shakspere. Knight's Cabinet ed., with ..., Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1856 - 380 pages
...Termagant ; it out-herods Herod : pray you, avoid it. l Piny. I warrant your honour. Ham. Be not too tarns neither, but let your own discretion be your tutor...that you o'er-step 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...
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The book of recitations [ed.] by C.W. Smith

Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 pages
...could 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 anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first, and now, was, and...
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Class Book of Poetry: Consisting of Selections from Distinguished English ...

John Seely Hart - Readers - 1857 - 394 pages
...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'er-step 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...
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Principles of Elocution

Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1857 - 428 pages
...(for the most part) are capable of nothing but inexplicable dumb-shows and noise. Pray you, avoid it. Be not too tame neither ; but let your own discretion...observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of Nature: for anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing; whose end is — to hold, as 't were, the mirror...
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