 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 psl.
...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... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1857 - 394 psl.
...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... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1857 - 428 psl.
...(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... | |
 | Doris Eveline Faulkner Jones - 1982 - 244 psl.
...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 :... | |
 | Paul Kuritz - 1988 - 478 psl.
...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... | |
 | Jerry Blunt - 1990 - 232 psl.
...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... | |
 | G.D. Wilson - 1991 - 332 psl.
...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... | |
 | Paul Rudnick - 1992 - 84 psl.
...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1992 - 196 psl.
...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... | |
 | Takashi Suzuki, Tsuyoshi Mukai - 1993 - 302 psl.
...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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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... 
