herods

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 such a fellow whipped for o'erdoing Termagant; it out-herods Herod: pray you, avoid it.

Practical English Composition: Book II. For the Second Year of the High School Edwin L. Miller

Termagant; it out-herods Herod: pray you, avoid it.

The Young Priest's Keepsake Michael Phelan

Termagant; it out-herods Herod: pray you, avoid it.

Public Speaking Irvah Lester Winter

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 such a fellow whipped for o’er-doing Termagant; it out-herods Herod: pray you, avoid it.

Act III. Scene II. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark 1914

O, it offends me to the soul, to hear a robustious perrywig-pated fellow [44] tear a passion to tatters, to very rags, to split the ears of the groundlings, [45] who, for the most part, are capable of nothing but inexplicable dumb shows and noise: I would have such a fellow whipped for o'erdoing Termagant; [46] it out-herods Herod: [47] Pray you, avoid it.

Hamlet William Shakespeare 1590

Termagant; it out-herods Herod: pray you avoid it.

Hamlet William Shakespeare 1590

I would have such a fellow whipp d for o'er-doing Termagant; it out-herods Herod: Pray you, avoid it.

The plays of William Shakespeare. In fifteen volumes. With the corrections and illustrations of various commentators 1793

a fellow whipped for o'erdoing Termagant; it out-herods

The Ontario High School Reader A.E. Marty

a fellow whipped for o'erdoing Termagant; it out-herods Herod: pray you, avoid it.

Evolution of Expression — Volume 1 Charles Wesley Emerson 1872

“strutting and bellowing” stage-thumpers is shown by Hamlet's remonstrance with the players: “O, it offends me to the soul, to hear a robustious periwig-pated fellow tear a passion to rags, to very tatters, to split the ears of the groundlings: I would have such a fellow whipped for o'erdoing Termagant; it out-herods Herod: pray you, avoid it.”

Shakespeare His Life Art And Characters Hudson, H N 1872