...the state, on "these late eclipses in the sun and moon." Edmund overhears this remark and scoffs at 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...

...and true-hearted Kent banished! His offense, no honesty! 'Tis strange. EXIT GLOUCESTER Edmund This is the 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, and the stars, as...

...example, lago: '"Tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus" (Othello, 1.3); and Edmund in 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" (1.2)....

...gods / They kill us for their sport' (IV.i.37-8). And although Edmund scoffs at his father - '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' (I.ii. 109-11) - he nevertheless...

...please them. - John Webster 1. A humorous or nonsense poem of five lines This is the excellent foppery1 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. - Shakespeare,...

...kind ofb; as they say, Bom. II, 4, 177 (the nurse's speech), to make inquire of his b. Hml. II, 1, 5, when we are sick in fortune, often the surfeit of our own b. Lr. I, 2, ISO. Behead, to exeente by cutting off the head: Meas. T, 462. Err. T, 127. H6A II, 5,...

...Edmund: Thou, nature, art my goddess; to thy law My services are bound: (1.2.1—2) and again, 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 the stars; as...