“Smile with an intent to do mischief, or cozen him whom he salutes.”
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Democritus Junior to the Reader
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“They have cheveril consciences that will stretch.”
Section 4, member 2, subsection 3.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part III
Section 3, member 1, subsection 2.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part III
Section 4, member 1, subsection 5.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part III
Section 1, member 1, subsection 1.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part III
“Diogenes struck the father when the son swore.”
Section 2, member 2, subsection 5.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part III
Section 2, member 3, subsection 14.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part I
“Seneca thinks the gods are well pleased when they see great men contending with adversity.”
Section 2, member 1, subsection 1.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part II
“Diogenes struck the father when the son swore, because he taught him no better.”
Section 2, member 1, subsection 5, The last and best Cure of Love-Melancholy, is to let them have their Desire.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part III
“Why doth one man's yawning make another yawn?”
Section 2, member 3, subsection 2, Of the Force of Imagination.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part I
Section 2, member 3, subsection 12, Covetousness, a Cause.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part I
“Marriage and hanging go by destiny; matches are made in heaven.”
Section 2, member 2, subsection 5.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part III
“The miller sees not all the water that goes by his mill.”
Section 3, member 4, subsection 1.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part III
Section 2, member 6, Perturbations of the mind rectified. From himself, by resisting to the utmost, confessing his grief to a friend, etc.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part II
“The Devil himself, which is the author of confusion and lies.”
Section 4, member 1, subsection 3.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part III
Section 4, member 2, subsection 3, Causes of Despair, the Devil, Melancholy, Meditation, Distrust, Weakness of Faith, Rigid Ministers, Misunderstanding Scriptures, Guilty Consciences, etc.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part III
“Cookery is become an art, a noble science; cooks are gentlemen.”
Section 2, member 2, subsection 2.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part I
Section 2, member 4, subsection 6.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part I
“Like him in Æsop, he whipped his horses withal, and put his shoulder to the wheel.”
Section 1, member 2, Lawful Cures, first from God.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part II
Section 4, member 2, subsection 1, Purging Simples upward.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part II