potato-disease

Is it not that he out-Yankees us all? that his range includes us all? that he is equally at home with the potato-disease and original sin, with pegging shoes and the Over-soul? that, as we try all trades, so has he tried all cultures? and above all, that his mysticism gives us a counterpoise to our super-practicality?

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 40, February, 1861 Various

Some among us who claim to hold unreduced or softened the old ancestral faith have been twice in late years convened in our State-House, by especial call, to legislate upon the potato-disease and the pleuro-pneumonia among our herds.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864 Various

Having discussed the weather and the potato-disease, he explained that his sister Mary, whom Lizzie would remember, had married

Auld Licht Idyls 1898

Having discussed the weather and the potato-disease, he explained that his sister Mary, whom Lizzie would remember, had married a fishmonger in

Auld Licht Idylls 1898

Describing the potato-disease which led to the repeal of the Corn Laws, Lord Beaconsfield wrote: "This mysterious but universal sickness of a single root changed the history of the world.

Collections and Recollections George William Erskine Russell 1886