… can also be its own punishment: the melancholy man removes himself increasingly from company, friends and family, from all that makes living in a society worthwhile, and sooner or later might end up paying the ultimate price. …
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… Magazine (1773) describes an invitation to a grocer’s house and a visit to a public entertainment with the grocer’s family, who are living above their station: ‘I found his wife and three daughters were dressed out in the most genteel …
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