 he composed this book .with a view of relieving his own melancholy, but increased it to such a degree, that nothing could make him laugh but going to the bridge foot and hearing the ribaldry of the bargemen, which rarely failed to throw him into a violent...  The Study of Medicine - Pàgina 90per John Mason Good - 1825Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
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...imagine otherwise. Yet was he of a melancholy disposition, and it is said that "he composed this book with a view of relieving his own melancholy, but increased...that nothing could make him laugh but going to the foot-bridge and hearing the ribaldry of the bargemen. ROBERT BURTON which rarely failed to throw him... | |
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