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The works of Shakspere, revised from the best authorities: with a memoir and ... - Page 168
by William Shakespeare - 1843
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Hamlet, and As You Like it: A Specimen of a New Edition of Shakespeare

William Shakespeare - 1820 - 512 pages
...fellow whipped for o'er-doing Termagant; (20) it out-herods Herod : (91> Pray you, avoid it. 1 PLAY. I warrant your honour. HAM. Be not too tame neither,...that you o'er-step 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...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text of the ..., Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 558 pages
...such a fellow whipped for o'er-doing Termagant8; it out-herods Herod9: Pray you, avoid it. 1 Play. I warrant your honour. Ham, Be not too tame neither,...that you o'er-step 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...
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The Speaker: Or Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...would have such a fellow whipped for o'erdoing termagant; it outherods 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 any thing so overdone is from the purpose of playing; whose end, both at the. first and now, was and...
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The British Essayists: Tatler

James Ferguson - 1823 - 372 pages
...would 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...observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature: for any thing so overdone is from the purpose of play^ ing, whose end, both at the first, and now, was,...
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The Beauties of Shakespeare: Selected from Each Play : with a General Index ...

William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1824 - 428 pages
...have such a fellow whipped for o'er-doing Termagant; it out-herods Herodf. Pray you, avoid it. Play. I warrant your honour. Ham. Be not too tame neither,...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...
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The British Theatre: Or, A Collection of Plays, which are Acted at ..., Volume 5

Mrs. Inchbald - 1824 - 486 pages
...have such a fellow whipp'd for o'erdoing Termagant ; it out-herods Herod: 'Pray you, avoid it. 1 Act. I warrant your honour. Ham. Be not too tame neither,...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...
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The Plays, Volume 10

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 370 pages
...such a fellow whipped for o'erdoing Termagant ; it out-herods HerodJ : Pray you, avoid it. 1 Play. I warrant your honour. Ham. Be not too tame neither,...special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of na* Reprimand him with freedom. •f* The meaner people then seeui to have sat in the pit. ture : for...
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The Laughing Philosopher: Being the Entire Works of Momus, Jester of Olympus ...

John Bull - 1825 - 782 pages
...have such a fellow whipped for out-doing Termagant ; it out-herods Herod. Pray you, avoid it. Play. I warrant your honour. Ham. Be not too tame neither,...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...
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Dramatic Table Talk: Or, Scenes, Situations, & Adventures, Serious ..., Volume 1

Richard Ryan - 1825 - 374 pages
...such a fellow whipped for o'er-doing Termagant ; it out-herods Herod : pray you, avoid it. 1 i'l.iy. I warrant, your honour. Ham. Be not too tame neither,...that you o'er-step 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...
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Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the ...

William Scott - 1825 - 382 pages
...(for the most part) are capable of nothing hut inexplicable dumb shows and noise. Pray you avoid it. Be not too tame, neither ; but let your own discretion...that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature ; for any thing so overdone is from the purpose of playing : whose end is — to hold as 'twere, the mirror...
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