...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 we were villains...

...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...

...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...treachers,* by spherical predominance; drunkards, liars, and adulterers,by an enforced obedience of planetary influence; and all that we are evil in, by a divine...

...noble and true-hearted Kent banished! his ofiencc, honesty ! — Strange ! strange ! [Exit. Edm. This is the excellent foppery of the world ! that, when we are sick in fortune (often the surfeit ofour behaviour,) we make guilty of our disasters, the sun, the moon, and the stars : as if we were...

...kitten'd, though yourself had ne'et been born." And, again, in King Lear, act 1st, Edmund says, " This Moon, and Stars ; as if we were villains on necessity, fools by heavenly compulsion, knaves, thieves,...

...noble and true-hearted Kent banished ! his offence, honesty ! — Strange ! strange ! [Exit. Edm. This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when...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 if we were villains...

...King Lear, act 1st, Edmund says, " This ia the excellent foppery of the world, that when we are lick in fortune (often the surfeit of our own behaviour), we make guilty of our disasters the Sun, Moon, and Stars ; as if we were villains on necessity, fools by heavenly compulsion, knaves, thieves,...

...Lear. This is the excellent foppery of the world, that when we are sick in fortune, often the surfeits of our own behaviour, we make guilty of our disasters, the sun, the moon, and stars, as if we were villains on necessity. Id, Fools ne'er had less grace in a year ; For wise men...

...noble and true-hearted Kent banished ! his offence, honesty ! — Strange ! strange ! [Exit. Edm. This is the excellent foppery of the world ! that, when...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 if we were villains...

...noble and true-hearted Kent banished ! his offence, honesty ! — Strange ! strange ! [Exit. Edm. This is the excellent foppery of the world ! that, when...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 if we were villains...