choleric

Example Sentences

• "Alway remember, that in wynter fleume increaſeth by reaſon of rayne and moyſtneſſe of that ſeaſon, alſo the length of nyghtes and moche reſte. And therfore in that tyme cholerike perſons, are beſt at eaſe, ſemblably are yonge men, but to olde men wynter is ennemye."
• "And let a Man bevvare, hovv he keepeth Company, vvith Cholerick and Quarelſome Perſons; for they vvill engage him into their ovvne Quarels."
• "From a chollerick man vvithdravv a little, from him that ſaies nothing, for ever."
• "Our tvvo Great Poets [Homer and Virgil], being ſo different in their Tempers, one Cholerick and Sanguin, the other Phlegmatick and Melancholick; that vvhich makes them excel in their ſeveral VVays, is, that each of them has follovv'd his ovvn natural Inclination, as vvell in Forming the Deſign, as in the Execution of it."
• "[T]he cholerike ſtomake, doth not deſyre ſo much as he may digeſte, the melancholye ſtomake may not digeſte ſo moche as he deſyreth: for colde maketh appetyte, but naturall heate concocteth or boyleth."
• "Gru[mio]. VVhat ſay you to a Neats foote? / Kate [Katherina Minola]. 'Tis paſsing good, I prethee let me haue it. / Gru. I feare it is too chollericke a meate. / Hovv ſay you to a fat Tripe finely broyl'd? / Kate. I like it vvell, good Grumio fetch it me. / Gru. I cannot tell, I feare 'tis chollericke. / VVhat ſay you to a peece of Beefe and Muſtard?"