 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 Exhibition Speaker: Containing Farces, Dialogues, and Tableaux, with ... - Page 136by P. A. Fitzgerald - 1855 - 268 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1818 - 348 pages
...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...of nothing but inexplicable dumb shows, and noise : 1 would have such a fellow whipped for o'er-doing Termagant; it outherods Herod :' Pray you, avoid... | |
 | Henry Sass - Art - 1818 - 420 pages
...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 show and noise." Many of the French provincial theatres are the same. There is an excellent establishment... | |
 | Increase Cooke - American literature - 1819 - 490 pages
...to hear a robusteous periwig-pated fellow tear a passion to tatters, to very rags, to spfit the ears of the groundlings; who, for the most part, are capable...dumb shows and noise ; I would have such a fellow Be not too tame neither ; but let your own discretion be your tutor. Suit the action to the word, the... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1819 - 448 pages
...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 show and noise. Pray you, avoid it. .<-.i^ti > **&$i-..— Be not too tame neither ;• but let your... | |
 | Alexander Balfour, Campbell (fict. name.) - 1819 - 972 pages
...to hear a robusteous periwigpaled 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 shew and noise. SHAKSFEARZ. No virgin's easy faith I e'er betray'd. HAMMOND. As my journey could not... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1819 - 502 pages
...periwig-pated fellow 07) tear a passion to tatters, to very rags, to split the ears of the groundlings ; (i8) who, for the most part, are capable of nothing but inexplicable dumb shows, and noise : 09) I would have such a fellow whipped for o'er-doing Termagant; (1ai) it out-herods Herod : (8i)... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 pages
...hear a robusteous, perriwig pated fellow tear a passion to tatters, to very rags,. t» split the ears of the groundlings; who, (for the most part) are capable...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... | |
 | William Scott - Children's stories - 1820 - 398 pages
...hear a robusteous, perriwig 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. Pray you avoid it. Be not too tame, neither ; but lot your own discretion be your tutor. Suit the action... | |
 | William Scott - Children's stories - 1820 - 422 pages
...pcrriwig pated fellow fear a passion to tatters, to very rags, to split the ears of the jjroundlings ; who (for the most part) are capable of nothing but inexplicable dumb shows and noise. Pray you avoid it. Be not too tame, neither •, hut let your own discretion be your tutor. Suit the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 558 pages
...its primitive signification, means a fish which always keeps at the bottom of the water. STEEVENS. 7 who, for the most part, are CAPABLE of nothing but inexplicable dumb shows, and noise :] ie have a capacity for o'er-doing Termagant 3 ; it out-herods Herod B : Pray you, avoid it. nothing... | |
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