dolefuls

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We have known the Gaité in the dolefuls, and the Porte St. Martin abandoning its scaffolds, trap-doors, and other melodramatic horrors, for fun, farce, and ballet.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847 by Various

Oh! don’t look so serious, Amos; you are always in the dolefuls now.

From Amos Huntingdon by Wilson, Theodore P.

It is a passing fit of the dolefuls.

From A Crooked Path A Novel by Alexander, Mrs.

"Come! come! don't be getting into the dolefuls already," cried Zack, administering an exhilarating thump on the back to his friend.

From Hide and Seek by Collins, Wilkie

When my first-cousin-once-removed, Rupert, was twelve years old, his mother died, and he was in the dolefuls about it for more than a year. 

From The Lady of the Shroud by Stoker, Bram