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A whoreson tisick, a whoreson rascally tisick so troubles me, and the foolish fortune of this girl; and what one thing, what another, that I shall leave you one o these days: and I have a rheum in mine eyes too, and such an ache in my bones that, unless a man were cursed, I cannot tell what to think ont.
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His breathing apparatus is out of killer; he has the _tisick_ awful and can't breathe in a warm room.
Bessie's Fortune A Novel Mary Jane Holmes 1866
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A whorson tisick, a whorson rascally tisick, so troubles me, and the foolish fortune of this girle, and what one thing, what another, that I shall leave you one ath's dayes: and I have a rheume in mine eyes too, and such an ache in my bones, that unlesse a man were curst I cannot tell what to thinke on't.
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A whoreson tisick, a whoreson rascally tisick so troubles me, and the foolish fortune of this girl; and what one thing, what another, that I shall leave you one o 'these days: and I have a rheum in mine eyes too, and such an ache in my bones that, unless a man were cursed, I cannot tell what to think on't.
Troilus and Cressida 1601
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A whoreson tisick, a whoreson rascally tisick so troubles me, and the foolish fortune of this girl; and what one thing, what another, that I shall leave you one o’ these days: and I have a rheum in mine eyes too, and such an ache in my bones that, unless a man were cursed, I cannot tell what to think on’t.
Troilus and Cressida 2004
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I trust our English air hath not given you the tisick? "
raven_in_the_woods commented on the word tisick
consumption
September 16, 2010