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He argued that untoasted cacao was harmful when taken in its simple, raw form: among other things, it could constrict the belly, obstruct menstruation and urination, make one short of breath, and "cause and generate perpetual anxiety and melancoly."
Pestilence and Headcolds: Encountering Illness in Colonial Mexico 2008
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It is the fall bringing out that sweet melancoly in everyone.
Staying kittenpie 2007
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Not to make light of what you are feeling, but while reading this post, all I could think of was Charile Brown, that specific melancoly the music and images of Charlie Brown embodies.
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Not to make light of what you are feeling, but while reading this post, all I could think of was Charile Brown, that specific melancoly the music and images of Charlie Brown embodies.
Listening to silence 2006
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“I have not recovered from my Mothers Loss, and July 8 was the 1913 last time I saw and [held] Her in my arms kissing Her a genuine Goodbye, and about the 17 of each month the feeling comes back to me, and I get melancoly [sic] moods,” he admitted to his old partner Jacob Hyman.
The Secret Life of Houdini William Kalush 2006
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“I have not recovered from my Mothers Loss, and July 8 was the 1913 last time I saw and [held] Her in my arms kissing Her a genuine Goodbye, and about the 17 of each month the feeling comes back to me, and I get melancoly [sic] moods,” he admitted to his old partner Jacob Hyman.
The Secret Life of Houdini William Kalush 2006
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But melancoly men oftentimes cannot bear with such sort of jesting, and presently bawl and rail at such a Woman, calling her a Monster, or some other ill name.
The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and the Second Part, The Confession of the New Married Couple A. Marsh
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The jester turned his great head towards the newcomer's, and sought with melancoly eyes the face of his visitor.
Love-at-Arms Rafael Sabatini 1912
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And also of the foure moistours/as sanguyne/flematyke/coleryke & melancoly.” (fol. a iv. back) col.
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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