"Atrabilious" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Further, that which pertains to the soul does not result from the temperament of the body. But incontinence results from the bodily temperament: for the Philosopher says (Ethic. vii, 7) that "it is especially people of a quick or choleric and atrabilious temper whose incontinence is one of unbridled desire." Therefore incontinence regards ...
— Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) • Thomas Aquinas
... not the smallest sign of any struggle or resistance. There had not been heard a cry or any other noise in the slightest degree indicative of violence. There was medical evidence to show that, in his atrabilious state, it was quite on the cards that he might have made away with himself. The jury found accordingly that it was a case of suicide. But to those who were acquainted with the strange story which Judge ...
— Green Tea; Mr. Justice Harbottle • Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
... too downhearted, HENRY," smiled the Sage. "Much dining-out doth breed dyspepsia, and atrabilious views are apt to be ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari Volume 98, January 4, 1890 • Various |
