Word: melancholia
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Delphine, a mistress of effulgent dark beauty whose simple devotion he is continually driven to suspect by his millionaire's obsession with "the underlying motive." A weak heart does not add to his joy in their relation, and in her the War had developed a vein of melancholia. Yet they have happy moments together. She is a refuge from the thoughts with which he paces the Embankment; from the ignominy of moments when he, a Minister, has nothing to do; from the whole importunate, crazy world in which he, tired, lonely, and rather fat old Sam Raingo, must play...
...merit. To this rule, Miss Letts' latest publication is no exception. The mass of the poems harps rather vaguely on the conventional emotions which fill the crannies of men's minds. Mildly pesimistic warbles of the lovelorn, or the all-suffering optimism of toil-worn drudges, and the respectable melancholia of discontented city-folk receive a great deal of attention. As a safety valve for vague emotions, this poetry is pleasingly comfortable for its portrays little more than an armchair attitude toward life...
...another generation it was Grimaldi who "caused Judah to skip like a calf" from merriment, who made Europe rock with laughter. When, at the height of his career, he was seized with a terrible malady which developed into melancholia he sought advice from a London physician. "See Grimaldi and learn how to laugh", he was told. "Alas, I cannot, for I am Grimaldi...
...slightly to dominate over slenderness. There is a marked tendency for persons of similar build to intermarry, and this process of selection tends to perpetuate the inheritance of certain types of body structure. The statistics indicate also that some diseases are particularly associated with slender build: tuberculosis, pneumonia, nervousness, melancholia; whereas diabetes, inflammation of the kidneys, apoplexy, hardening of the arteries and numerous diseases of the stomach and intestines are associated with fleshy people...
...Boston is enough to give the funniest comedian acute melancholia...