 | Samuel Butler - English poetry - 1812 - 876 pages
...your mother's cat Had kitten'd, though yourself had ne'er beea born." And in Lear, Edmund aays, " Thb is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune, (often the surfeit of oar own behaviour), we make guilty of our disasters the son, moon, and stars; as if we were villaina... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1812 - 288 pages
...nohle and trne-hearted Kent hanish M i his olfence , houesty ! — Strange 1 strapge ! | A'.r/f. Edm. This is the excellent foppery of the world! that, when we are tick in fortune, (often the surfeit of our own hehaviour, ) we make guilty of our disasters, the sun,... | |
 | Robert Deverell - Hieroglyphics - 1813 - 350 pages
...true-hearted Kent banish' d! his offence, honesty. Tis strange. .. [Exit. SCENE VIII. Manet EDMUND. Edm. 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... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1813 - 666 pages
...Edm. 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 starts, as if we were villains on necessity ; fools, by heavenly compulsion ; knaves, thieves, and... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1814 - 528 pages
...the noble and true-hearted Kent banished ! his offence, honesty ! — Strange, strange ! [Exit . Edm. This is the excellent foppery of the world! that,...the surfeit of our own behaviour), we make guilty of ourdisasters, the sun, the moon, and the stars: as if we were villains, by necessity ; fools, by heavenly... | |
 | 1814 - 378 pages
...there not a great similarity between this speech of Jupiter's, and Edmund's in king Lear ? EDMUND. This is the excellent foppery of the world, that when we are sick in fortune, (often the surfeits of our own behavior) we make guilty of our disasters, the sun, the moon, and stars ; as if... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1817 - 392 pages
...from the late eclipses in the sun and moon. Edmund, who is in the secret, says when he is gone—" 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1818 - 346 pages
...And the noble and true-hearted Kent banished ! his offence, honesty ! Strange ! strange ! [Exit. Edm. This is the excellent foppery of the world ! that,...villains by necessity : fools, by heavenly compulsion ; knaves, thieves, and treachers*, by spherical predominance ; drunkards, liars, and adulterers, by... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 342 pages
...from the late eclipses in the sun and moon. Edmund, who is in the secret, says when he is gone — " 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... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1819 - 402 pages
...peep into The world, but he has done his do, Aiul in King Lear, act I. vol. 5. p. 118, 119. Edmund. "This is the excellent foppery of the world, that...villains by necessity, fools by heavenly compulsion, knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical predominance : drunkards, lyars, and adulterers by an inforced... | |
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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;... 
