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My mother's tenderness came to my recollection, being so much subject to abuse, the least kindness brought upon me that kind of melancholly, which a real christian feels to see his brother devout in christian faith, depart this life.
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One of the earliest madhouse keepers was John Archer, who published Every Man his Own Doctor including a treatise of melancholly and distraction, with government in cure in 1673.
Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008
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One of the earliest madhouse keepers was John Archer, who published Every Man his Own Doctor including a treatise of melancholly and distraction, with government in cure in 1673.
Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008
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One of the earliest madhouse keepers was John Archer, who published Every Man his Own Doctor including a treatise of melancholly and distraction, with government in cure in 1673.
Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008
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The Pike is also observed to be a melancholly, and a bold fish: Melancholly, because he alwaies swims or rests himselfe alone, and never swims in sholes, or with company, as
The Compleat Angler 2007
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Lincoln said "that although he appeared to enjoy life rapturously, Still he was the victim of terrible melancholly," Wilson recalled.
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Lincoln said "that although he appeared to enjoy life rapturously, Still he was the victim of terrible melancholly," Wilson recalled.
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It is alternately funny, wistful, melancholly and insightful--easily the best holiday-themed comic of the year.
Quick Christmas Comic Reviews David S. Carter 2005
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It is alternately funny, wistful, melancholly and insightful--easily the best holiday-themed comic of the year.
Archive 2005-12-01 David S. Carter 2005
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Which Jeronimo very quickely perceived, albeit not without many melancholly perturbations.
The Decameron 2004
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