 | esq Henry Jenkins - 1864
...would have such a fellow whipped for o'erdoing Termagant ; it out-herod's 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 first and now, was, and is,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1865
...groundlings, who, for the most part, are capable of nothing but inexplicable dumb shows and noise: I could have such a fellow whipped for o'erdoing Termagant;...observance, 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1865
...ranting style especially characterised the acting of Termagant. Chaucer, in the Miller's Tale, says:— Ham. 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... | |
 | ALLEN A. GRIFFITH - 1865
...I would have such a fellow whipped for o'erdqing 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... | |
 | Penny readings - 1866
...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 anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first, and now, was, and... | |
 | Charles Bilton - 1866
...could have such a fellow whipped for o'erdoine: 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... | |
 | Thomas Baker (barrister.) - 1866
...say) 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'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... | |
 | James Fleming (ed) - 1866
...could have such a fellow whipp'd 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'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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1867
...groundlings; who, for the most part, are capable of nothing but inexplicable dumb shows and noise: I could have such a fellow whipped for o'erdoing Termagant;...the action ; with this special observance, that you o'erstop not the modesty of nature ; for anythmg so overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1867
...could have such a fellow whipped for o'erdoing Termagant : it out-herods 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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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,... 
