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Perhaps it is due to my readers that I should say here that I have read a great many valuable treatises upon this subject, among which may be named, "Cometh up as a Flour," "Anatomy of Melon-cholly," "Sowing and Reaping," one thousand or two volumes of Patent Office Reports, and three or four bushels of "Proverbial Philosophy."

—Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 18, July 30, 1870

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Perhaps it is due to my readers that I should say here that I have read a great many valuable treatises upon this subject, among which may be named, "Cometh up as a Flour," "Anatomy of Melon-cholly," "Sowing and Reaping," one thousand or two volumes of Patent Office Reports, and three or four bushels of "Proverbial Philosophy." — Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 18, July 30, 1870
I will, or my name is not Pickwick And venever I catches hold o' that there melan-cholly chap with the black hair,' said Sam, 'if I don't bring some real water into his eyes, for once in a way, my name ain't Weller. — The Pickwick Papers
Comment by: cholly - 11.19.2008 at 12: 20 pm — phillyBurbs.com
'That' ere queer customer, and the melan-cholly chap with the black hair. ' — The Pickwick Papers
Say, young woman, do you think I am one of these cholly boys? " — The Third Violet