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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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The Plays of William Shakspeare, Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 490 pages
...indifferently with us. Ham. O, reform it altogether. And let those, that play your clowns, speak no more than w set down for them : for there be of them, that will themselves laugh, to set on some quantity of harren spec(1) The meaner people then seem to have sat m the pit. (*) Herod's character was always...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text of the ..., Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 558 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 down for them4 : for there be of them, that will themselves laugh, to set on some quantity of barren spectators...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text of the ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 526 pages
...time of Shakspeare, and we here see that he had abundant reason for his precept in Hamlet : [H 4.) " Let those that play your clowns, speak no more than is set dawn for them,: for there be of them, that will of themselves laugh, to set on some quantity of barren...
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The Plays, Volume 10

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 370 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...of barren spectators to laugh too ; though, in the mean time, some necessary question}: of the play be then to be considered : that's villainous ; and...
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The British Theatre: Or, A Collection of Plays, which are Acted at ..., Volume 5

Mrs. Inchbald - 1824 - 486 pages
...abominably. 1 Act. I hope we have reformed that indifferently with us. Ham. O, reform it altogether. And let those, that play your clowns, speak no more...them : for there be of them, that will themselves Jaugh, to set on some quantity of barren spectators to laugh too ; though in the mean time, some necessary...
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The Beauties of Shakespeare: Selected from Each Play : with a General Index ...

William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1824 - 428 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 than is set down for them: for there he of them, that will themselves laugh, to set on some quantity of barren spectators to laugh too;...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 512 pages
...indifferently with us. Ham. O. reform it altogether. And let those, that play your clowns, speak no move than is set down for them : for there be of them, that will themselves laugh, to ?et on some quantity of barren spectators to laugh too : though, in the mean lime, some necessary questions...
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Dramatic Table Talk: Or, Scenes, Situations, & Adventures, Serious ..., Volume 1

Richard Ryan - 1825 - 374 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...of barren spectators to laugh too ; though, in the mean time, some necessary question of the play be then to be considered : that's villainous ; and shows...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: With Glossarial Notes, a Sketch of ...

William Shakespeare - 1825 - 936 pages
...abominably, 1 Play* I hope we have reformed that indifferently with us. Ham. О reform it altogether. And let those that play your clowns, speak no more...them : for there be of them, that will themselves lauqb, to set on some quantity of barren spectators to laugh too ; though, io the meaiuiine, some necessary...
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Oxberry's dramatic biography and histrionic anecdotes [ed. by C.E ..., Volume 1

1825 - 338 pages
...of ttlese notable histrionic maxims, that I shall condescend to notice, is — but only hear it. " Let those that play your clowns speak no more than is set down for them." Karewell, then, a long farewell to all the honour of comedy, and the genins of the comedian ! The galleries...
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