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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 Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text of the ... - Page 356
by William Shakespeare - 1805
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Patterns in Shakespearian Tragedy

Irving Ribner - Art - 2005 - 232 pages
...of the Elizabethan doctrine of order and degree : This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune, - often the surfeit of...fools by heavenly compulsion; knaves, thieves, and treachers, by spherical predominance; drunkards, liars, and adulterers, by an enforced obedience of...
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The Three Lost Books of Healing

Sue Young - Body, Mind & Spirit - 2005 - 165 pages
...Permission to proceed with wisdom is all we need now. "This is the excellent foppery of the world, that when we are sick in fortune, often the surfeit of...necessity, fools by heavenly compulsion, knaves, thieves, drunkards, liars, and adulterers by an enforced obedience of planetary influence ..." COMMON SENSE...
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Theater and Incarnation

Harris - Drama - 2005 - 182 pages
...relationships he holds so dear. But it is, says Edmund, "an admirable evasion of whoremaster man," to "make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and...villains by necessity; fools by heavenly compulsion" (I, ii). In any case, by the time of the storm scene, both Lear and Gloucester have lost their faith...
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Passions and Tempers: A History of the Humours

Noga Arikha - History - 2007 - 412 pages
...prejudice — against bastards, in his case. Edmund says it is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune, — often the surfeit...fools by heavenly compulsion, knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical predominance, drunkards, liars, and adulterers by an enforced obedience of planetary...
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King Lear

William Shakespeare - Drama - 2007 - 260 pages
...excellent foppery of the world, that when we are sick in fortune, often the surfeits96 of our own behavior, we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon,...stars, as if we were villains by necessity, fools by 1 1 5 heavenly compulsion, knaves, thieves, and treachers97 by spherical predominance,98 drunkards,...
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The Tragedy of King Lear: With Classic and Contemporary Criticisms

William Shakespeare - Literary Criticism - 2008 - 380 pages
...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...villains by necessity, fools by heavenly compulsion, . . . and all that we are evil in by a divine thrusting on: (128-136) Gloster: As flies to wanton boys,...
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