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...Steevens. 1 Play. I warrant your honour. Ham. Be not too tame neither, hut let your own discretion he your tutor: suit the action to the word, the word to the action ; with this special ohservance, that you o'er-step not the modesty of nature : for any thing so overdone is from the purpose...

...Steevens. 1 Play. I warrant your honour. Ham, Be not too tame neither, hut let your own discretion he your tutor: suit the action to the word, the •word to the action ; with this special ohservance, that you o'er-step not the modesty of nature: for any thing so everdone is from the purpose...

...periwig-pated fellow, tear a passion to tatters, to very rags, to split the ears of the groundlings. It out-herods HEROD : pray you, avoid it. " Be not...neither ; but let your own discretion be your tutor. S^it the action to the word, and the word to the action, with this special observance, that you o'erstep...

...o'er-doing Termagant ;* it out-herods Herod :9 Pray you, avoid it. J Play. I warrant your honour. Ham. Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion be your tutor : suit the action to the word, ' periwig-pated — .] This is a ridicule on the quantity of false hair worn in Shakspeare's time,...

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...o'crdoing Termagant : it out-herods Herod: Pray you, avoid it. I PlatI. I warrant your honour. Ham. Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion...the action ; with this special observance, that you o'erstcp not the modesty of nature : for any thing so overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose...

...Shakespeare has given the true rule of action, which is universal m its application— " Suit the action to the word, the word to the action ; with this special observance, that you. overstep not the modesty of nature." Now, is it not obvious that the manner which would be chaste am!...

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...groundlings ; whe (for the most part) are capable of •othing but inexplicable dumb shows and noise. Pray you avoid it. Be not too tame, neither ; but...to the action ; with this special observance, that yon o'trstefi not the modesty of nature ; for any thing so overdone is from the purpose of playing...