Lexiographer Reverend Dr. Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, compiler of Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, was born May 10, 1810.
The Anatomy of Melancholy
History, Horoscope, and Hearsay
"All my griefs to this are jolly,
Naught so damned as melancholy."
-- Robert Burton
from The Anatomy of Melancholy
