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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... "
Select plays from Shakspeare; adapted for the use of schools and young ... - Page 56
by William Shakespeare - 1836
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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 - 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 - 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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The English Spirit: A New Approach Through the World Conception of Rudolf ...

Doris Eveline Faulkner Jones - 1982 - 244 pages
...periwig-pated fellow tear a passion to tatters, to very rags, to split the ears of the groundlings. ... Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion...special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty (ie, moderation) of nature." This virtue of Temperance lies at the very core of Hamlet's tragedy :...
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The Making of Theatre History

Paul Kuritz - 1988 - 478 pages
...would have such a fellow whipt for o'erdoing. Termagant, it out-Herods Herod, pray you avoid it. ... Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion...o'erstep not the modesty of nature: for any thing so o'erdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first and now, was and is, to hold...
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An Audition Handbook of Great Speeches

Jerry Blunt - 1990 - 232 pages
...for o'er-doing Termagant. It out-herods Herod: pray you, avoid it. (Player: I warrant your honor.) 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...
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Psychology and Performing Arts

G.D. Wilson - 1991 - 332 pages
...performance Fair/id M. Caudle The College ofStaten Island, City University of New York Suit the action to the word, the word to the action; with this special...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 own...
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I Hate Hamlet

Paul Rudnick - 1992 - 84 pages
...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 o'erdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first and now, was and...
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Hamlet

William Shakespeare - 1992 - 196 pages
...o'erdoing Termagant. It out-Herods Herod. Pray you, avoid it. PLAYER 1 I warrant your honour. HAMLET Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion...observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature: for anything so o'erdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, 20 both at the first and now, was and...
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Arthurian and Other Studies: Presented to Shunichi Noguchi

Takashi Suzuki, Tsuyoshi Mukai - 1993 - 302 pages
...of your passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance that may give it smoothness . . . Hamlet. Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion...that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature: for any 2 Junzaburo Nishiwaki, Surrealistic Poetry [Chogenjitsushugi Shiron] (Tokyo, 1930), p. 1. 3 All quotations...
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