...— And the noble and tnie-hearted Kent banished ! his offence, honesty ! — 'Tis strange. [ E.ril. e made so light of it, and mocked Antonius so much, that ; kuaves, thieves, and treachers, by spherical predominance ; drunkards, liars, and adulterers, by...

...learned men believed that the stars shaped the character and course of our lives ; that men were made " fools, by heavenly compulsion ; knaves, thieves, and...by an enforced obedience of planetary influence." By casting many nativities, and noting the character manifested for each planetary ascendency, we could...

...referring to the words of divinity upon earth, and the belief of Christians. Edmund goes on to say : — That when we are sick in fortune (often the surfeit...fools by heavenly compulsion ; knaves, thieves, and treacherers, by spherial predominance; drunkards, liars, and adulterers, by an enforced obedience of...

...referring to the words of divinity upon earth, and the belief of Christians. Edmund goes on to say : — That when we are sick in fortune (often the surfeit...we were villains by necessity ; fools by heavenly t compulsion; knaves, thieves, and treacherers, by spherial predominance; drunkards, liars, and adulterers,...

...carefully.—And the noble and true-hearted Kent banished ! his offence, honesty!—Strange ! strange ! [Exit. Edm. This is the excellent foppery of the world, that,...are sick in fortune, (often the surfeit of our own behavior,) we make guilty of our disasters, the sun, the moon, and the stars ; as if we were villains...

...moral quality of an action hy fixing the mind on the mere physical act alone. Ib. Edmund's speech : — This is the excellent foppery of the world ! that,...of our disasters, the sun, the moon, and the stars, &c. Thus scorn and misanthropy are often the anticipations and mouth-pieces of wisdom in the detection...

...mind on the mere physical act alone. Ib. Edmund's speech : — Th is is the excellent foppery of tlie world ! that, when we are sick in fortune, (often...of our disasters, the sun, the moon, and the stars, &c. Thus scorn and misanthropy are often the anticipations and mouth-pieces of wisdom in the de•...

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...succeeding age made itself gods of all the host of heaven. On this there are gome forcible remarks in Lear; "This is the excellent foppery of the world ! that,...when we are sick in fortune (often the surfeit of our behaviour) we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars : as if we were villains...