At my nativity my ascendant was the watery sign of Scorpius; I was born in the planetary hour of Saturn, and I think I have a piece of that leaden planet in me. Euripides - Page 33by William Bodham Donne - 1872 - 204 pagesFull view - About this book
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...the fancies of our sleeps. At my nativity my ascendant was the watery sign of Scorpius : I was born in the planetary hour of Saturn, and, I think, I have a piece of that /.^aden planet in me. I am no way facetious, nor disposed for :he mirth and galliardize of company;... | |
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| Charles Lamb - 1875 - 618 pages
...my nativity," says Sir Thomas Browne, " my ascendant was the earthly sign of Scorpius ; I was born in the planetary hour of Saturn, and I think I have a piece of that leaden planet in me." One would think that he were anatomizing a tailor ! save that to the latter's occupation, methinks,... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1876 - 478 pages
...my nativity," says Sir Thomas Browne, " my ascendant was the earthly sign of Scorpius ; I was born in the planetary hour of Saturn, and I think I have a piece of that leaden planet in me." One would think that he were anatomizing a tailor ! save that to the latter's occupation, methinks,... | |
| Charles Lamb - English literature - 1876 - 740 pages
...my nativity," says Sir Thomas Browne, " my ascendant was the earthly sign of Scorpius ; I was born in the planetary hour of Saturn, and I think I have a piece of that leaden planet in me." One would think that he were anatomizing a tailor ! save that to the latter's occupation, methinks,... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1879 - 732 pages
...my nativity," says Sir Thomas Browne, " my ascendant was the earthly sign of Scorpius ; I was born with you, and 1823. This confusion of tenses, this grand solecism of two presents, is in One would think that he were anatomising a tailor ! save that to the latter's occupation, methinks,... | |
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