quinsey

St. Blaise, against the quinsey, bones sticking in the throat, etc.St. Christopher and St. Mark, against sudden death.

Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing George Barton Cutten

'It appears,' he remarked aloud to one of the Conley girls, 'that quinsey is needed before a joke is properly appreciated.'

Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

-- But, my dear, in quinsey, I have heard that there is nothing on earth like a good hearty laugh. '

Evan Harrington — Complete George Meredith 1868

'It appears,' he remarked aloud to one of the Conley girls, 'that quinsey is needed before a joke is properly appreciated.'

Evan Harrington — Complete George Meredith 1868

-- But, my dear, in quinsey, I have heard that there is nothing on earth like a good hearty laugh. '

Evan Harrington — Volume 5 George Meredith 1868

-- But, my dear, in quinsey, I have heard that there is nothing on earth like a good hearty laugh. '

Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

'It appears,' he remarked aloud to one of the Conley girls, 'that quinsey is needed before a joke is properly appreciated.'

Evan Harrington — Volume 5 George Meredith 1868

But I must go: there is a gentleman with a quinsey in No. 9, that gives me a lesson in Polish this morning.

The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer — Volume 5 Charles James Lever 1839

But I must go: there is a gentleman with a quinsey in No. 9, that gives me a lesson in Polish this morning.

The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer — Complete Charles James Lever 1839

We are to suppose that "Fin preparing for September" is the lady with whose "lovely name" Fancy runs some risk of being "choked;" and, really, if _killing partridges_ formed a part of her Ladyship's accomplishments, both "Fancy" and Feeling were in danger of a quinsey.

The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806