...has taken the very words of Hamlet to describe the first stage of this malady: — "I have, of late, (but, wherefore I know not,) lost all my mirth; foregone...firmament, this majestical roof, fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me, than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours."] composed...

...mournful association, which constitutes the poetry of melancholy. " I have of late," says Hamlet, " (but wherefore I know not,) lost all my mirth, foregone...firmament, this majestical roof, fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me, than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours. What...

...has, I think, been ascribed to Hamlet by Shakspeare, in the following passage : " I have, of late, (but wherefore I know not,) lost all my mirth, foregone...exercises ; and, indeed, it goes so heavily with my dispositions, that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory ; this most excellent...

...all my mirth, foregone all custom of exercises; and, indeed, it goes so heavily with my dispositions, that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile...excellent canopy, the air — look you — this brave overhanging firmament ; this majestical roof, fretted with golden fire ; why, it appears no other thing...

...allusion to the indolence and lethargy which so commonly accompany obesity. ' I have of late," he says, ' but wherefore I know not, lost all my mirth, foregone all custom qfexercises, and, indeed, it goes so heavily with my disposition, &c., &c.' Now what is this, I would...

...king and queen moult no feather. I have of late (but wherefore, I know not) lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises ; and, indeed, it goes so...firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me, than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapors. What...

...so well. " I have of late, wherefore I know not, lost all my mirth, foregone all custom of exercise, and indeed, it goes so heavily with my disposition,...promontory ; this most excellent canopy, the air, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof, fretted with golden fire — why, it appears...

...secresy you are bound to observe remain inviolable, wherefore, I know not,) lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises ; and, indeed, it goes so...disposition, that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a steril promontory ; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament,...

...soothed by the reflection, that they were By the world forgot. CHAPTER XIII. ENNUI. I have of late, but wherefore I know not, lost all my mirth, foregone all custom of exercise. SHAKSPEARE. TREMAINE'S listlessness, not to say peevishness, now increased. To return to...

...aware that no composition of their own could possibly convey the same ideas so well. " I have of late, wherefore I know not, lost all my mirth, foregone all custom of exercise, and indeed, it goes so heavily with my disposition, that this goodly frame, the earth, seems...