| William Bodham Donne - Greek drama - 1872 - 232 pages
...horoscope may have resembled that of the good knight of Norwich : " I was born," says Sir Thomas Browne, " in the planetary hour of Saturn, and I think I have a piece of that leaden planet in me. I am no way facetious, nor disposed for the mirth and galliardise of company." The ' Spectator ' remarks... | |
| Sir Thomas Browne - Christian ethics - 1874 - 132 pages
...the fancies of our sleeps. At my nativity, my ascendant was the watery sign of Scorpio. I was born in the planetary hour of Saturn, and I think I have a piece of that leaden planet in me. I am no way facetious, nor disposed for the mirth and galliardise of company; yet in one dream I can... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1875 - 618 pages
...my nativity," says Sir Thomas Browne, " my ascendant was the earthly sign of Scorpius ; I was born in the planetary hour of Saturn, and I think I have...am no way facetious, nor disposed for the mirth and galliardise of company." How true a type of the whole trade ! Eminently economical of his words, you... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1875 - 576 pages
...the fancies of our sleeps. At my nativity my ascendant was the watery sign of Scorpius: I was born in the planetary hour of Saturn, and I think I have a piece of that leaden planet in me. I am no ways facetious, nor disposed for the mirth and galliardize of company; yet in one dream I can... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1875 - 584 pages
...the fancies of our sleeps. At my nativity my ascendant was the watery sign of Scorpius : I was born in the planetary hour of Saturn, and I think I have a piece of that leaden planet in me. I am no ways facetious, nor disposed for the mirth and galliardize of company ; yet in one dream I... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1876 - 478 pages
...my nativity," says Sir Thomas Browne, " my ascendant was the earthly sign of Scorpius ; I was born in the planetary hour of Saturn, and I think I have...am no way facetious, nor disposed for the mirth and galliardise of company." How true a type of the whole trade ! Eminently economical of his words, you... | |
| Charles Lamb - English literature - 1876 - 740 pages
...my nativity," says Sir Thomas Browne, " my ascendant was the earthly sign of Scorpius ; I was born in the planetary hour of Saturn, and I think I have...seem more consonant, and that he should be born when (he sun was in Aries.— He goes on. " I am no way facetious, nor disposed for the mirth and galliardi/,e... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1879 - 732 pages
...my nativity," says Sir Thomas Browne, " my ascendant was the earthly sign of Scorpius ; I was born in the planetary hour of Saturn, and I think I have...leaden planet in me." One would think that he were anatomising a tailor ! save that to the latter's occupation, methinks, a woollen planet would seem... | |
| Charles Lamb - Poetry - 1879 - 672 pages
...my nativity," says Sir Thomas Browne, " my ascendant was the earthly sign of Scorpius ; I was born in the planetary hour of Saturn, and I think I have...leaden planet in me." One would think that he were anatomising a tailor, save that to the tatter's occupation, methinks, a woollen planet would seem more... | |
| Sir Thomas Browne - Christian ethics - 1881 - 648 pages
...<^'the Fancies of our sleeps. At my Nativity my Ascendant was the watery sign of Scorpius ; I was born in the Planetary hour of Saturn, and I think I have a piece of that Leaden Planet in me. I am no way facetious, nor disposed for the mirth and galliardize of company ; yet in one dream I can... | |
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