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

But one day they seemed to be his calenture also—the false picture of green fields and sweet female faces that rises before the eye of the sailor becalmed at sea.

From The Scapegoat; a romance and a parable by Caine, Hall, Sir

The evidence relative to yellow fever, or calenture, during this period in Virginia is contradictory.

From Medicine in Virginia, 1607-1699 by Hughes, Thomas Proctor

Sweetheart, I can write unto you but with a weak hand, for I have suffered the most violent calenture for fifteen days that ever man did and lived.

From Great Ralegh by Selincourt, Hugh de

Love's calenture too well I understand; But sure your beauty is no fairy-land!

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 04 by Scott, Walter, Sir