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" 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 if we were villains by necessity ; fools by' heavenly compulsion... "
The Beautiful in Nature, Art, and Life - Page 218
by Andrew James Symington - 1857
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art ..., Volume 18

Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 804 pages
...should be ordered by those deliberations, wherein such an humour as this were predominant. Hooker. We make guilty of our disasters, the sun, the moon, and the stars, as we if were knaves, thieves, and treacherous by spherical predominance. Shakipeare. Foul subordination...
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The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art ..., Volume 9

Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 792 pages
...is the excellent foppery of the world, that when we are sick in fortune, often the surfeits of oar own behaviour, we make guilty of our disasters, the sun, the moon, and stars, as if we were villains on necessity. fd. Fools ne'er had less grace in a year; For wise men...
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The Dramatic Works, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1831 - 528 pages
...and true-hearted Kent banished! his offence, horieetv!— Strange! strange! [Exit. Êdm. 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...
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The Dramatic Works, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1831 - 522 pages
...the noble And true-hearted Kent banished! his ofience, honestv! — Strange! strange! [Exit. Ëdin. This is the excellent foppery of the world ! that, when we are sick in fortune (often the »urfeii of our behaviour,) we make guilty of our disasters, the sun, the moon, and the stars : as...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: With Glossarial Notes, a Sketch of ...

William Shakespeare - 1832 - 1022 pages
...oflVw-e, honesty !— Snaiige! strange I [Exit. Krim. This is the excellent foppery of the world I with patience hear : and And a time Both meet to...repute himself a son of Rome Under such hard cond thieve», and treachers, *• by spherical predominance ; drunkards, liars, and adulterers, by an enforced...
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Thaumaturgia, or Elucidations of the marvellous, by an Oxonian [S.R. Hole].

Samuel Reynolds Hole - 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...
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Thaumaturgia, Or, Elucidations of the Marvellous

Oxonian - 1835 - 386 pages
...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 stars ; as if we were viHains by necessity ; fools, by heavenly compulsion ; knaves, thieves, and treachers, (traitors) by...
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Thaumaturgia, Or, Elucidations of the Marvellous

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...
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King Lear. Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet. Othello

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,...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...
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The Tragedies of Sophocles: Literally Translated Into English Prose, with Notes

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 we were villains...
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