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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 Monthly Magazine - Page 25
1812
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections ..., Volume 10

William Shakespeare - 1818 - 348 pages
...those, that play your clowns, speak no more than is set down for them : 8 for there be of them, that will themselves laugh, to set on some quantity of barren spectators to laugh too ; In our early playhouses, the pit.had neither floor nor benches. Hence the term of groundlings for...
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The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending ...

Increase Cooke - American literature - 1819 - 426 pages
...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...spectators to laugh too : though in the mean time, some necessary part 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 William Shakspeare: To which are Added His ...

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 588 pages
...those, that play your clowus, speak no more than is set down for them : for there be of them, that will "themselves laugh, to set on some quantity of...spectators to laugh too ; though, in the mean time, some necessary question • of the play be then to be considcr'd : that's villainous ; and shews ft most...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections ..., Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 558 pages
...from Purgatory : " — I absented (myself from all plaies, as wanting that merrye Roscius of plaiers themselves laugh, to set on some 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 villainous ; and shows a most pitiful...
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Drama: Or, Theatrical Pocket Magazine ..., Volume 4

Theater - 1823 - 432 pages
...•those that play your clowns speak no mort than is set down for them; for there be of them that will of themselves laugh, to set on some quantity of barren...spectators to laugh too, though in the mean time some necessary question of the play be then to be considered." [To be concluded in our nc.r/.] LINES, ON...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections ..., Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 574 pages
...more than is set down for them ; for there be of them, that will of themselves laugh, to set on somc quantity of barren spectators to laugh too ; though in the mean time some necessary question of the play be then to be considered" This practice was undoubtedly coeval with...
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The Babbler; or, Weekly literary and scientific intelligencer, Volume 1

1822 - 440 pages
...up a spark of fame, and it is just аз our immortal bard observes " there be of them, that will of themselves laugh to set on some quantity of barren spectators to laugh too." Never did learning so actively diffuse itself over the world as in the present day. — Speculations...
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The Speaker: Or Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...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...spectators to laugh too ; though, in the mean time, some necessary question, of the play be then to be considered : — that's villanous : and shows a most...
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The British Essayists: Tatler

English essays - 1823 - 380 pages
...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...spectators to laugh too ; though in the mean time, some necessary question of the play be then to be considered : that's villanous, and shows a most pitiful...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text of the ..., Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 558 pages
...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...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 a most pitiful...
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