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" 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 any thing so overdone is from the purpose of playing; whose end, both at the. first and now, was and is, to hold, as 'twere,... "
The National Orator;: Consisting of Selections, Adapted for Rhetorical ... - Page 190
edited by - 1832 - 284 pages
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The Book of Eloquence: A Collection of Extracts in Prose and Verse, from the ...

1853 - 458 pages
...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'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 plays of Shakspere, carefully revised [by J.O.] with ..., Part 166, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1853 - 746 pages
...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'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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School elocution : or The young academical orator

William Herbert - 1853 - 234 pages
...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, whose end, both first and now, was, and is, to...
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Will Shakespeare Save Us!: Will Shakespeare Save the King! : Two One Act Plays

Paul Nimmo - 1996 - 72 pages
...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 o'erdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first and now, was and...
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Brightest Heaven of Invention: A Christian Guide to Six Shakespeare Plays

Peter J. Leithart - 1996 - 288 pages
...The key portion of his opening speech is this: 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, whose end, both at the first and now, was and...
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The Storyteller's Guide: Storytellers Share Advice for the Classroom ...

William Mooney - 1996 - 212 pages
...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, whose end, both at the first and now, was and...
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New Theatre Quarterly 45: Volume 12, Part 1

Clive Barker, Simon Trussler - 1996 - 98 pages
...simplicity of: '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 o'erdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first and now, was and...
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John Barrymore, Shakespearean Actor

Michael A. Morrison - 1997 - 418 pages
...be your tutor (he steps back; then quickly) : 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 1s from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first and now, was...
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Alternative Shakespeare Auditions for Women

William Shakespeare, Simon Dunmore - 1997 - 132 pages
...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, whose end, both at the first and now, was and...
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Alternative Shakespeare Auditions for Men

William Shakespeare, Simon Dunmore - 1997 - 132 pages
...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, whose end, both at the first and now, was and...
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