...shall unfold what plaited cunning hides ; who covers faults, at last shame them derides.—COR. I., 1. 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 :...

...the noble and true-hearted Kent banish'd! 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 behaviour), we make guilty of our disasters, the sun, the moon, and the stars :...

...enquiry can counter the dangers in magic and in unsupported beliefs. CHAPTER 1 FASHIONS IN FAIRY TALES This is the excellent foppery of the world that when we are sick in fortune, . . . we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon and stars; as if we were villains on necessity,...

...Sunday night he had found himself in Edmund, ranting with self-satisfaction in die first act of Lear: 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 we...

...the true explanations are beyond concepts of blame. As Shakespeare's Edmund puts it, in King Lear, "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....

...moral quality of an action by fixing the mind on the mere physical act alone. Ib. Edmund's speech : — 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, &c....

...the stars above us, govern our conditions" (4.3.32-3). Edmund, on the other hand, scorns such views: 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...

..."These late eclipses in the sun and moon portend no good to us," his villainous bastard Edmund replies: "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 own disasters the sun, the moon,...

...was born. DEIGHTON calls attention to the contempt with which Edmund (Lear, I, ii, 112) treats this ' excellent foppery of the world, that when we are sick in fortune, we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and stars.' 127. dam'd colour'd stocke] KNIGHT :'...

...We have seen the best of our time. (I.ii.l 12-23) But Edmund rejects laying sins off on the stars: 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...