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... Hudibras: Poem - Page 100by Samuel Butler - 1812 - 410 pagesFull view - About this book
| 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... | |
| Oxonian - Magicians (Illusionists) - 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
...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 if we were... | |
| Sophocles - 1837 - 324 pages
...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... | |
| William Dearden - 1837 - 200 pages
...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 : as if we were... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1838 - 522 pages
...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... | |
| William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 478 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 : as if we were... | |
| Early English newspapers - 1839 - 864 pages
...kitten'd, though yourself had ne'et been born." And, again, in King Lear, act 1st, Edmund says, " This our own behaviour), we make guilty of our disasters the Sun, Moon, and Stars ; as if we were villains... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1841 - 312 pages
...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 if we were... | |
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