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 Shakespear's Plays - Page 156by William Hazlitt - 1817 - 352 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Shakespeare - 1843 - 652 pages
...And the noble and true-hearted Kent banished ! his offence, honesty ! — Tis strange. [Exit. Edm. 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 : as... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1843 - 646 pages
...And the noble and true-hearted Kent banished ! his offence, honesty ! — Tis strange. [Exit. Edm. 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 : as... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1843 - 582 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 behaviour), we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars : —... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1843 - 594 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 behaviour), we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars : —... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1844 - 554 pages
...And the noble and true-hearted Kent banished! his offence, honesty! — 'I is strange. [Exit. Edm. 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: as... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1847 - 872 pages
...And the noble and tnie-hearted Kent banished ! his offence, honesty ! — 'Tis strange. [ E.ril. Edm. e so light of it, and mocked Antonius so much, that surfeit of our own behaviour,) we make guilty of our disasters, the sun, the moon, and the stars :... | |
| William John Birch - Religion in literature - 1848 - 574 pages
...belief of Christians. Edmund goes on to say : — 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 : as if we were villains by necessity ; fools by heavenly t compulsion; knaves, thieves,... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - English drama - 1849 - 400 pages
...moral quality of an action hy fixing the mind on the mere physical act alone. Ib. Edmund's speech : — 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, &c.... | |
| Sophocles - 1849 - 376 pages
...succeeding age made itself gods of all the host of heaven. On this there are gome forcible remarks 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... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Literature - 1849 - 398 pages
...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, &c. Thus scorn and misanthropy are often the anticipations and mouth-pieces of wisdom in... | |
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