calenture

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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 Denham, John, Sir

Carlisle was there seated in the shade of a giant palm, watching the drilling of a yet weak and staggering company whose very memory that burning calenture had enfeebled.

From Sir Mortimer by Johnston, Mary

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 Kennan, George

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 Mavrogordato, John

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 Burke, Edmund