...wherefore T know not, lost all my mirth, forgone all custome of exercise ; and indeed it goes so heavenly with my disposition, that this goodly frame the Earth seems to me a sterill Promontory," &c. Now, in the former passage, "heavenly" is as certainly a misprint for •'...

..."air," the invisible substance surrounding the earth, as a stately "canopy," only to expound further "this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this...firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire" (2.2.299-301). Hamlet's phrase conjoins the global circumference of "this goodly frame the earth" with...

...this goodly frame, the earth, seemed to him a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy, the air, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why it appeared no other thing ro him than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapors. What a piece of work...

...the chapter entitled 'The Sick Soul', inevitably recall Hamlet's: I have of late — but wherefore I know not — lost all my mirth, foregone all custom...brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof frened with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation...

...Hamlet is speaking of the earth, as he explains to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern his recent melancholy: indeed, it goes so heavily with my disposition that...majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appeareth nothing to me but a foul and pestilent congregation of vapors. What a piece of work is a...

...late lost all his mirth and forgone all practice ("custom") of sports. "[A]nd indeed," he continues: it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly...majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appeareth nothing to me but a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours. What a piece of work is a...

...directions. Mood Disorders Isaac Schweitzer and Gordon Parker III I have of late — but wherefore I know not — lost all my mirth, foregone all custom...the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted...

...and queen molt 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 heavily...sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy, the air, 270 look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majes271 deal roof fretted with golden fire —...

...on 16 Hamlet's melancholy / have of latc, - bin wherefore I know not. - lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of 'exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily...seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopv, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden...

...distinguished from baeta, trans., to improve, make better. 40. the Canopy] Compare Hamlet, II, ii, 311, 'This most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament.' thy Miftris : Thou prat'ft,and prat'ft, ferue with thy tren- 50 cher : Hence. "Beats him away Enter...