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I have no rhumatism, but have stood the Autumn, and am bearing the Winter magnanimously.
Letter 272 2009
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A woman was sick with rhumatism and he was going to see her.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Indiana Narratives Work Projects Administration
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Lyman, that's so crabbed with rhumatism that it's a cross to live under the same roof with him, will calm down gentle as a dove when Delight goes to read to him.
Flood Tide Sara Ware Bassett 1920
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August Fancois Chomei (1788-1855; pericarditis and rhumatism), James
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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Throats and rhumatism I hope however tho very threatning, that it will not be lasting; I am so well as to ride out, when the weather will permit, and able to look after my poor lad, who I regret has so much of his mothers constitution and infirmities.
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The stockings and gloves manufactured from it, are of exquisite fineness, but too warm for common wear, and are thence esteemed useful in rhumatism and gout.
The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation Erasmus Darwin 1766
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