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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. Now this overdone or come tardy off, though it make the unskilful laugh, cannot but make the judicious... "
Select readings from the poets and prose writers of every country, ed. by J ... - Page 315
edited by - 1863 - 352 pages
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Hamlet. Titus Andronicus

William Shakespeare - 1788 - 522 pages
...aftion ; with this special observance, that you o'er-step not the modesty of nature : For, any thing so over-done is from the purpose of playing, whose...form and pressure. Now this, over-done, or come tardy off, though it make the unskilful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve; the censure of which...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the ..., Volume 10

William Shakespeare - 1803 - 446 pages
...o'er-doing Termagant ; it out-herods Herod :9 Pray you, avoid 5t1 Play. l warrant your honour. Ham. Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion...and pressure.' -Now this, overdone, or come tardy off, though it make the unskilful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve ; the censure of which...
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The Tatler, Volume 1

1804 - 416 pages
...the action ; with this special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature: for any thing so overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose...form and pressure. Now this, over-done, or come tardy off, though it make the unskilful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve ; the censure of which...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare, Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1804 - 642 pages
...the action; with this special observance, that you o'er-step not the modesty of nature: for any thing so overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose...form and pressure. Now this, overdone, or come tardy off, though it make the unskilful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve; the censure of which...
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...mirror up to nature ; to'shew virtue her own feature , scorn her own image , and the very age and body of the time , his form and pressure. Now this overdone...of, though it make the unskilful laugh , cannot but wake the judicious grieve : the censure of one D6 of which must in your allowance, o'erweigh a •whole...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: With Notes of Various Commentators, Volume 14

William Shakespeare - 1806 - 420 pages
...action ; with this special observance, that you o'er-step not the modesty of nature: for any thing so overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose...form and pressure. Now this, overdone, or come tardy off, though it make the unskilful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve ; the censure of which...
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The Plays of Shakspeare: Printed from the Text of Samuel Johnson ..., Volume 6

William Shakespeare - 1807 - 374 pages
...action ; with this special observance, that you o'er-step not the modesty of nature : for any thing so overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose...form and pressure. Now this, overdone, or come tardy off, though it make the unskilful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve; the censure of which...
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The British Theatre; Or, A Collection of Plays: Which are Acted at the ...

Elizabeth Inchbald - 1808 - 418 pages
...action ; with this special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature : For any thing so overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose...form and pressure. Now this, overdone, or come tardy off, though it make the unskilful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve ; the censure of which...
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The British Theatre; Or, A Collection of Plays,: Which are Acted at the ...

Mrs. Inchbald - 1808 - 416 pages
...action ; with this special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature : For any thing so overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose...form and pressure. Now this, overdone, or come tardy off, though it make the unskilful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve ; the censure of which...
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The British Essayists, Volume 1

Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 406 pages
...action ; with this special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature : for any thing so overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose...form and pressure. Now this, over-done, or come tardy off, though it make the unskilful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve ; the censure of which...
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