Ah well, when that crustiest of commentators John Junor,
choleric editor of the Sunday Express in its glory years, was disgusted by some piece of parliamentary hypocrisy, his response was always, "Pass the sick bag, Alice".
In this system, physiognomic schemata might reveal standardized personality types (sanguine,
choleric, phlegmatic, melancholic, etc.).
According to this medieval theory of medicine, yellow bile or choler, the humor that governs anger, spirit and courage, makes a person
choleric, or hot-tempered.
I SET out below a few observations on the
choleric views of Mr George Roddam Currie carried prominently in The Journal (Agenda, November 29).
Terribly impatient,
choleric, 1 get furious and sometimes extremely irksome.
One's personality was determined by the dominant humour: One was sanguine, phlegmatic,
choleric, or melancholy, and these personality types also influenced the dreams one had.
It was September, and I was there to see for myself the "Frankencorn" that haunts activists'
choleric imaginations.
In addition to reddening facial complexion--particularly of the
choleric constitution Bardolph says he has (2.5.297)--sack is credited as a tool for reddening the player's eyes when Falstaff, preparing to "stand for [Hal's] father" (2.5.342), demands a cup of sack "to make my eyes look red, that it may be thought I have wept; for I must speak in passion" (350-52).
Four personality types are linked with people's teeth: sanguine or dynamic (triangular-shaped),
choleric or strong (rectangular-shaped), melancholic or sensitive (oval-shaped) and phlegmatic or peaceful (square-shaped).
Without a blink Dr Zia asks, "And the temperament?" I reply that it is probably
Choleric and the doctor smiles very warmly and indicates that I should sit down at his desk.
* for those with
choleric temperament "dances with enthusiasm and endearing temperament" were chosen, emotional, soft, sentimental, affectionate, filled with love and compassion.
This will determine, in turn, a certain type of temperament (melancholic,
choleric, phlegmatic and sanguineous, according to Galen).
(Abb.) (x) -- One One (L1) 1st (x) Two 2nd (L2) Tw 3rd 4th Three -- (L3) 1st (x) 2nd Four 3rd (L4) 4th 5th (x) Test with leaching water without employing reclamation material (x) Amount of pure sulfuric acid equal to 5 .0 ton pure Gypsum (x) Amount of pure
choleric acid equal to 5.0 ton pure Gypsum Table 2: Calculated regression coefficient for electrical conduction and sodium for eleven experimental models.
Jim Puder discusses "the curiously
choleric letter received by you in 1998, alleging iilliteracy in Word Ways' punctuation, one suspects that its estimable author may not be quite the erudite authority on punctuational propriety that he evidently assumes himself to be, as he is wrong in each one of his four specific criticisms of Word Ways' punctuational style.
