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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 Works of William Shakespeare: Macbeth. Hamlet. King Lear. Othello ... - Page 261
by William Shakespeare - 1866
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The Twentieth Century, Volume 63

Nineteenth century - 1908 - 1058 pages
...sun, the moon, and the stars ; as if we were villains by necessity, fools by heavenly compulsion ; drunkards, liars, and adulterers, by an enforced obedience...lay his goatish disposition to the charge of a star. was not altogether a believer in the insistence of environment. Among other weighty thoughts on the...
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King Lear

William Shakespeare - Drama - 1972 - 356 pages
...behaviour - we make guilty of our disasters the sun, i*> the moon, and stars, as if we were villains on necessity, fools by heavenly compulsion, knaves, thieves,...influence; and all that we are evil in by a divine thrusting-on. An admirable evasion of whoremaster man, to lay his goatish disposition to the charge...
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The Psychology of Interpersonal Relations

Fritz Heider - Psychology - 1982 - 340 pages
...knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical predominance; drunkards, liars, and adulterers by an enforc'd obedience of planetary influence; and all that we...lay his goatish disposition to the charge of a star! (Act I, Scene 2.) Not only are personal actions a fertile field for egocentric attribution; the actions...
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King Lear

William Shakespeare - Drama - 1990 - 324 pages
...fortune, often the surfeit of our own behaviour, we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the H5 moon, and stars; as if we were villains by necessity, fools...in, by a divine thrusting on. An admirable evasion 120 of whoremaster man, to lay his goatish disposition to the charge of a star! My father compounded...
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English Books and Readers 1603-1640: Being a Study in the History of the ...

H. S. Bennett - Business & Economics - 1989 - 276 pages
...behaviour — we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and stars, as if we were villains on necessity, fools by heavenly compulsion, knaves, thieves...all that we are evil in, by a divine thrusting on.' These little pamphlets of some twenty-four pages contained much factual information of a useful nature....
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Influence and Intertextuality in Literary History

Jay Clayton, Eric Rothstein - American literature - 1991 - 364 pages
...our own behavior, we make guilty of our disasters the sun, moon, and stars; as if we were villains on necessity; fools by heavenly compulsion; knaves, thieves,...and all that we are evil in, by a divine thrusting in. An admirable evasion of whoremaster man, to lay his goatish disposition on the charge of a star....
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The Tragedy of King Lear

William Shakespeare - Drama - 1992 - 340 pages
...behaviour, we 105 make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and stars; as if we were villains on necessity, fools by heavenly compulsion, knaves, thieves,...influence; and all that we are evil in, by a divine 11o thrusting on. An admirable evasion of whoremaster man, to lay his goatish disposition on the charge...
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The Masks of King Lear

Marvin Rosenberg - Drama - 1992 - 456 pages
...knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical predominance, drunkards, liars, and adulterers by an enforc'd obedience of planetary influence; and all that we...lay his goatish disposition to the charge of a star! (126'34) Now the ubiquitous animal note is sounded: My father compounded with my mother under the dragon's...
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The First Quarto of King Lear

William Shakespeare - Drama - 1994 - 160 pages
...compulsion, knaves, thieves, and treacherers by spiritual predominance, drunkards, liars, and adulterers 100 by an enforced obedience of planetary influence; and...man to lay his goatish disposition to the charge of stars. My father 68 sir] <). sirrah F 68 ay,] 1 Q; I, Q2; He F; Ay, Cam. '6« lord. If] L. If FV Lord,...
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Astronomy Through the Ages: The Story Of The Human Attempt To Understand The ...

Sir Robert Wilson - Science - 2003 - 320 pages
...are sick in fortune often the surfeit of our own behaviour - we make guilty of our disasters the Sun, Moon and the stars, as if we were villains by necessity,...all that we are evil in, by a divine thrusting on. King Lear CHAPTER THREE The Greeks From harmony from heavenly harmony This universal frame began: ....
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