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The Pictorial edition of the works of Shakspere, ed. by C. Knight. [8 vols ... - Page 129
by William Shakespeare - 1867
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Shakespeare's Hamlet

William Shakespeare - 1868 - 586 pages
...acquire and beget a temperance, that may give it smoothness. O! it offends me to the soul, to hear a robustious periwig-pated fellow tear a passion to...nothing but inexplicable dumb shows, and noise: I w»uld have such a fellow whipped for o'er-doing Termagant; it out-herods Herod: pray you avoid it....
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The American Union Speaker: Containing Standard and Recent Selections in ...

John Dudley Philbrick - Readers - 1868 - 636 pages
...acquire and beget a temperance, that may give it smoothness. O, it offends me to the soul, to hear a robustious periwig-pated fellow tear a passion to...nothing but inexplicable dumb shows and noise : I would have such a fellow whipped for o'erdoing Termagant ; it out-herods Herod. I pray you, avoid it....
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Studies in English prose: specimens, with notes, by J. Payne

Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 pages
...the very torrent, tempest, and (as I may say) the whirlwind of passion, you must acquire and beget1 a temperance, that may give it smoothness. 0, it offends...to tatters, to very rags, to split the ears of the groundlings;2 who, for the most part, are capable3 of nothing but inexplicable dumb shows and noise...
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Hints on elocution and public speaking

Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1868 - 78 pages
...say) the whirlwind of passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance that may give it smoothness. O, it offends me to the soul, to see a robustious periwig-pated...ears of the groundlings; who, for the most part, are 68 to nature;, to her own image, time, his form or come laugh, ^ censure of uteplayers, tnat tfji no...
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A Manual of Elocution Founded Upon the Philosophy of the Human Voice

M. S. Mitchell - Elocution - 1869 - 416 pages
...acquire and beget a temperance, that may give it smoothness. 0, it offends me to the soul, to hear a robustious, periwig-pated fellow tear a passion...nothing but inexplicable dumb shows, and noise: I would have such a fellow whipped for o'er-doing Termagant; it out-herods Herod : pray you avoid it....
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The public school speaker and reader, ed. by J.E. Carpenter

Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - 596 pages
...acquire and beget a temperance, that may give it smoothness. O ! it offends me to the soul, to hear a robustious periwig-pated fellow tear a passion to...nothing but inexplicable dumb shows, and noise ; I would have such a fellow whipped for o'erdoing Termagant ; it outherods Herod ; pray you avoid it....
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The Arts of Writing, Reading, and Speaking

Edward William Cox - Public speaking - 1869 - 348 pages
...must acquire and beget a temperance that may give it smoothness Oh I it OFFENDS me to the soul to hear a robustious — periwig-pated FELLOW tear a passion...of nothing but inexplicable dumb shows and noise I would have such a fellow WHIPPED for o'erdoing Termagant it out-Herods HEROD Pray YOU avoid it Be not...
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Wiley's Elocution and Oratory: Giving a Thorough Treatise on the Art of ...

Charles A. Wiley - Elocution - 1869 - 456 pages
...acquire and beget a temperance, that may give it smoothness.'' 0, it offends me to the soul, to hear a robustious periwig-pated fellow tear a passion to...of nothing but inexplicable dumb shows and noise. Pray you, avoid it. Be not too tame neither,' but let your own discretion be your tutor. Suit the action...
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King's College Lectures on Elocution ...

Charles John Plumptre - 1870 - 236 pages
...acquire and beget a temperance, that may give it smoothness. O, it offends me to the soul, to hear a robustious, periwig-pated fellow, tear a passion...nothing but inexplicable dumb shows and noise : I would have such a fellow whipped for o'erdoing Termagant ; it outherods Herod : pray you avoid it....
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Charles Kemble's Shakspere readings, a selection of the plays as ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1870 - 336 pages
...acquire and beget a temperance, that may give it smoothness. O ! it offends me to the soul, to hear a robustious periwig-pated fellow tear a passion to...nothing but inexplicable dumb shows, and noise : I would have such a fellow whipped for o'er-doing Termagant; it out-herods Herod! 'Pray you, avoid it....
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