 O, it offends me to the soul, to hear a robustious periwig-pated fellow tear a passion to tatters, to very rags, to split the ears of the groundlings; who, for the most part, are capable of nothing but inexplicable dumb shows, and noise: I would have...  The British Essayists: The Tatler - Page 208by Alexander Chalmers - 1803Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1812 - 420 pages
...periwig-pated fellow tear a passion to tauers, to very rags, to split the ears of the groundlings ; 1 who, for the most part, are capable of nothing but inexplicable dumb shows, and noise : I would have such a fellow whipped for o'er-doing Termagant ; it out-herods Herod... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1813 - 666 pages
...temperance that may give it smoothness. Oh, it offends me to the soul, to hear a robustious perriwig-pated fellow tear a passion to tatters, to very rags, to...dumb shews and noise : I would have such a fellow whiptfor o'erdoing Termagant ; it out-herods Herod. Pray you, avoid it. 1 Play. I warrant your honour.... | |
 | Heinrich Wilhelm von Gerstenberg - 1815 - 786 pages
...temperance that may give it smoothnefs. Oh, it offends me to the soul, to hear a robustious periwig-pated fellow tear a passion to tatters, to very rags , to...nothing , but inexplicable dumb shews and noise: I conld have such a fellow lohipt for o'er-doiug Termagajit; it out-herods Pier od. Pray yoit, avoid... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1817 - 390 pages
...temperance, that may give it smoothness. O, it offends me to the soul, to hear a robustious perriwig-pated fellow tear a passion to tatters, to very rags, to...part, are capable of nothing but inexplicable dumb shows, and noise : I would have such a fellow whipp'd for o'er-doing Termagant; it out-herods Herod... | |
 | Henry Sass - Art - 1818 - 420 pages
...Hamlet's address to the players: " O, it offends me to the soul to hear a robustious periwig-pated fellow tear a passion to tatters, to very rags, to...part, are capable of nothing but inexplicable dumb show and noise." Many of the French provincial theatres are the same. There is an excellent establishment... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1818 - 348 pages
...STEEVENB. may give it smoothness. O, it offends me to the soul, to hear a robustious periwig-pated fellow tear a passion to tatters, to very rags, to...part, are capable of nothing but inexplicable dumb shows, and noise : 1 would have such a fellow whipped for o'er-doing Termagant; it outherods Herod... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1818 - 378 pages
...periwig-pated fellow tear a passion to tatters, to very rags, to split the ears of the groundlings 4 ; who, for the most part, are capable of nothing but inexplicable dumb shows, and noise : I would have such a fellow whipt for o'er-doing Termagant ; it out-herods Herod... | |
 | Increase Cooke - American literature - 1819 - 426 pages
...temperance that may give it smoothness. Oh ! it offends me to the soul, to hear a robusteous periwig pated fellow tear a passion to tatters, to very rags,...part, are capable of nothing but inexplicable dumb shows and noise ; I would have such a fellow whipt for overdoing Termaglht, it out-Herods Herod ; pray... | |
 | Alexander Balfour, Campbell (fict. name.) - 1819 - 972 pages
...order and tranquillity. CHAPTER XII. Oh ! it offends me to the soul to hear a robusteous periwigpaled fellow tear a passion to tatters, to very rags, to...part, are capable of nothing but inexplicable dumb shew and noise. SHAKSFEARZ. No virgin's easy faith I e'er betray'd. HAMMOND. As my journey could not... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1819 - 448 pages
...temperance that may give it smoothness. Oh ! it offends me to the soul, to hear a robustious periwig-pated fellow tear a passion to tatters, to very rags, to...part) are capable of nothing but inexplicable dumb show and noise. Pray you, avoid it. .<-.i^ti > **&$i-..— Be not too tame neither ;• but let your... | |
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