Quote 1: "There is a disappointed merchant, a disappointed heiress, a betrayed wife, a classical commentator who 'has lost his wits inquiring whether or not the ancients wore perukes'; there is an unsuccessful lottery speculator whose plans for a beautiful wife, a magnificent coach and a 'villa on the banks of the Thames' are replaced by 'these melancholy lodgings', and a successful lottery speculator 'who, obtaining a very large and unexpected sum, could not stand the shock of such sudden good fortune, but grew mad with excess of joy'" (Ingram, 80).
Quote 2: "On Sleep intruding do'st thy Shadows spread, gloomy Terrors round the silent Bed, And crowd with boding Dreams the melancholy Head" (Finch, 23).
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