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" And let those that play your clowns, speak no more than is set down for them : for there be of them, that will themselves laugh, to set on some quantity of barren spectators to laugh too ; though, in the mean time, some necessary question of the play... "
The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending ... - Page 118
by Increase Cooke - 1811 - 408 pages
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Cumberland's British Theatre: With Remarks, Biographical and ..., Volume 4

English drama - 1826 - 508 pages
...abominably. 1 Act. I hope we have reformed that indifferently with us. Ham. (c.) O, reform it altogether. And let those, that play your clowns, speak no more...of them, that will themselves laugh, to set on some quantiiy of barren spectators to laugh too ; though, in the mean time, some necessary question of the...
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The Angling Excursions of Gregory Greendrake, Esq., Pseud. in Ireland

J. Coad - Fishing - 1826 - 264 pages
...its bold and imposing effect, contributes much to the general beauty of the scene.!' CHAP. X. " — And let those that play your clowns, speak no more than is set down for them." SHAKESPEARE. THIS histrionic injunction of the great dramatic poet equally applies to those who take...
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Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet. Othello

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 642 pages
...abominably. 1 Play. I hope, we have reformed that indifferently with us. Ham. O, reform it altogether. And let those, that play your clowns, speak no more than is set the brother of death.' — Worldof Words, 1611. Hence this personage was introduced into the old mysteries...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet. Othello

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 554 pages
...abominably. 1 Play. I hope, we have reformed that indifferently with us. Ham. O, reform it altogether. And let those, that play your clowns, speak no more than is set the brother of death.' — World of Words, 1611. Hence this personage was introduced into the old mysteries...
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The dramatic works of William Shakspeare, with notes ..., Part 25, Volume 10

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 540 pages
...abominably. 1 Play. I hope, we have reformed that indifferently with us. Ham. O, reform it altogether. And let those, that play your clowns, speak no more than is set the brother of death.'—Worldof Words, 1611. Hence this personage was introduced into the old mysteries...
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The Beauties of Shakspeare Regularly Selected from Each Play. With a General ...

William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1827 - 362 pages
...abominably. Play. I hope, we have reformed that indifferently with us. Ham. O, reform it altogether. And, let those that play your clowns, speak no more...laugh too; though in the meantime, some necessary questionf of the play be then to be considered: that's villanous; and shows a most pitiful ambitioa...
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The Speaker; Or, Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English ...

William Enfield - Elocution - 1827 - 412 pages
...of Nature's journeymen had made them, and not made them well, they imitated humanity so abominably. And let those that play your clowns speak no more...of barren spectators to laugh too ; though, in the mean time, some necessary question of the play be then to be considered : — that's villanous : and...
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The miscellaneous prose works of sir Walter Scott, Volume 6

sir Walter Scott (bart [prose, collected]) - 1827 - 488 pages
...and is the licence which Hamlet condemns in his instructions to the players : " And let those that be your clowns speak no more than is set down for them...laugh too, though, in the meantime, some necessary question of the play be then to be considered ; — that's villainous, and shows a most pitiful ambition...
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The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare: With a Life, Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1828 - 448 pages
...ahominahly. I Play. \ hope, we have reformed that indifferently with us. Ham. O, reform it altogether. And let those, that play your clowns, speak no more than is set down for them : for there he of them, that will themselves langh, to set on some quantity of harren spectators to langh too;...
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The Guardian: Complete in One Volume, with Notes, and a General Index

English essays - 1829 - 804 pages
...men, and not made them well, they imitated humanity 90 abominably. Tim should be reformed altogether. And let those that play your clowns, speak no more...quantity of barren spectators to laugh too; though in the mean time, some necessary question of the play be then to be considered ; that's villanous, aud shews...
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