 | Sir John Barrow - 1805 - 444 páginas
...kind ; and as " the purpose of playing," as our immortal bard has observed, " both at the first, and now, was, and is, to hold as 't were the " mirror up to nature," it may not be foreign to the present subject to take a brief notice of such performances. The subjects... | |
 | Thomas Hodson - 1806 - 576 páginas
...nature; for any thing fo overdone is from the purpofe-of play ing \ whofe end, both at the firft and now, •was, and is, to hold, as '.t were, the mirror up to nature ; to fliew virtue her own feature, fcorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time, his form... | |
 | Shakespeare club Sheffield - 1829 - 190 páginas
...motives, diner from us. For the object of the stage, " both at the first and now, is to hold, as it were the mirror up to nature; to show virtue her own...very age and body of the time its form and pressure." I shall, therefore, have great pleasure in proposing to you — Success to the Drama. Three limes three.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 364 páginas
...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 't were, the mirror up to nature ; to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time, his form and pressure.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 594 páginas
...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 't were, the mirror up to nature ; to shew virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time, his form and... | |
 | Elias Lyman Magoon - 1849 - 514 páginas
...smoothness." And yet, at the same time, he observes most justly, " The end of playing, both at the first, and now, was and is, to hold, as 't were, the mirror up to nature ; to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time, his form and pressure."... | |
 | 1851 - 62 páginas
...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 't were, the mirror up to nature; to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 656 páginas
...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 't were, the mirror up to nature ; to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time, his form and pressure.... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1851 - 882 páginas
...truest lovers of Shakspere seem often to forget, how grand a mission has been given to the stage : — " To hold, as 't were, the mirror up to nature, to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure."... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1851 - 874 páginas
...truest lovers of Shakspere seem often to forget, how grand a mission has been given to the stage : — " To hold, as 't were, the mirror up to nature, to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure."... | |
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... t were, the mirror up to nature ; to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure. 
