 This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune, — often the surfeit of our own behaviour, — we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars...  Characters of Shakespeare's Plays - Page 154by William Hazlitt - 1818 - 352 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Oxonian - 1835 - 380 pages
...it would, as Shakspeare says, " if my mother's cat had kittened. This," says our sagacious bard, " is the excellent foppery of the world, that when we are sick in fortune, (after the surfeit of our own behaviour) we make guilt of our disasters, the sun, the moon, and the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1836 - 534 pages
...the noble and true-hearted Kent banished ! his offence, honesty ! — Strange ! strange ! [Exit. Edm. This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune, (often the surfeit of our own behavior,) we make guilty of our disasters, the sun, the moon, and the stars; as... | |
 | Sophocles - 1837 - 324 pages
...age made itself gods of all the host of heaven. On this there are some forcible ren;iarks in Lear ; " This is the excellent foppery of the world ! that, when we are sick in fortune (often the surfeit of our behaviour) we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars : as if... | |
 | William Dearden - 1837 - 200 pages
...in regard to Astrology, he is ready to exclaim with Edmund, in Shakspeare's tragedy of King Lear, " This is the excellent foppery of the world ! that, when we are sick in fortune, (often from the surfeit of our own behaviour,) we make guilty of our disasters, the sun, the moon, and the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 484 pages
...— What wound did ever heal, but by degrees ? 37— ii. 3. 250 Evils, wrongly ascribed to Heaven. This is the excellent foppery of the world ! that, when we are sick in fortune ^often the surfeit of our own behaviour), we make guilty of our disasters, the sun, the moon, and the stars :... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 1839 - 864 pages
...beating for his pains. A whole tribe of /op». Got 'tween asleep and awake. Shaktpeare. King Lear. This is the excellent foppery of the world, that when...moon, and stars, as if we were villains on necessity. Id, Fools ne'er had less grace in a year ; For wise men are grown foppuh, And know not how their wits... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 480 pages
...! — What wound ever did heal, but by degrees ? 37— ii.3. 250 Evils, wrongly ascribed to Heaven. This is the excellent foppery of the world ! that when we are sick in fortune (often the surfeit of our own behaviour), we make guilty of our disasters, the sun, the moon, and the stars :... | |
 | 1839 - 864 pages
...Had kitten'd, though yourself had ne'et been born." And, again, in King Lear, act 1st, Edmund says, " ) surfeit of our own behaviour), we make guilty of our disasters the Sun, Moon, and Stars ; as if we... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1841 - 312 pages
...the noble and true-hearted Kent banished ! his offence, honesty ! — Strange ! strange ! [Exit. Edm. This is the excellent foppery of the world ! that, when we are sick in fortune, (often the surfeit of our own behavior) we make guilty of our disasters, the sun, the moon, and the stars ; as... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1842 - 340 pages
...the noble and true-hearted Kent banished ! his offence, honesty ! — Strange ! strange ! [Exit. Edm. This is the excellent foppery of the world ! that, when we are sick in fortune, (often the surfeit of our own behavior) we make guilty of our disasters, the sun, the moon, and the stars ; as... | |
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