calenture
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And for that lethargy was there no care, But to be cast into a calenture?
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 03 (of 12) by Edmund Burke
They seemed to me to have nothing more than calenture, brought on by overwork, a malarious atmosphere, and a bad sanitary environment.
From Campaigning in Cuba by George Kennan
One finds instead a sort of violent fever and calenture which not merely deflects, as any emotion may, but totally inhibits the rational operations of the mind.
From The World in Chains Some Aspects of War and Trade by John Mavrogordato
And for that lethargy was there no cure, But to be cast into a calenture?
From Poetical Works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham by Sir John Denham
But who will judge a man's constitution by the symptoms of calenture?
From St George's Cross by H. G. (Henry George) Keene
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