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Hamlet. Titus Andronicus

William Shakespeare - 1788 - 522 pages
...special observance, that you o'er-step not the modesty of nature : For, any thing so over-done 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 shew virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the...
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The British Essayists: The Tatler

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1803 - 496 pages
...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 mirror up to nature ; to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the ..., Volume 10

William Shakespeare - 1803 - 446 pages
...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 is, to hold, as 'twere, the mirrour up to nature ; to show virtue ' her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and...
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The Tatler, Volume 1

English essays - 1803 - 410 pages
...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 mil rour up to nature; to shew virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare, Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1804 - 642 pages
...special observance, 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 is, to hold, as 'twere, the mirrour up to nature; to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare : Accurately Printed from the ..., Volume 10

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 486 pages
...special observance, 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 is, to hold, as 'twere, the mirrour up to nature ; to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ..., Volume 9

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 486 pages
...special observance, 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 is, to hold, as 'twere, the mirrour up to nature ; to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body...
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A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ..., Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - English language - 1805 - 924 pages
...about that time .' Tillolion. 19. Contrary to. Not in use. Any thing so overdone is fnm the ptirpose of playing ; whose end, both at the first and now, was and is to hold, as 'twere the mirrour up to nature. Sbaktptttrt't Hamltt. Do not believe, That from the sense of all civility, I...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: With Notes of Various Commentators, Volume 14

William Shakespeare - 1806 - 420 pages
...special observance, 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 is, to hold, as 'twere, the mirrour up to nature ; to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body...
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The Plays of Shakspeare: Printed from the Text of Samuel Johnson ..., Volume 6

William Shakespeare - 1807 - 374 pages
...special observance, 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 is, to hold, as 'twere, the mirror up to nature ; to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the...
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