He had a fever when he was in Spain,
And when the fit was on him, I did mark
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He had a fever when he was in Spain,
And when the fit was on him, I did mark
How he did shake. 'Tis true, this god did shake.
His coward lips did from their color fly,
And that same eye whose bend doth awe the world
Did lose his luster.

I've that within for which there are no plasters.

I've that within for which there are no plasters.

Some maladies are rich and precious and only to be acquired by
the right of inheritance or purchased with read more

Some maladies are rich and precious and only to be acquired by
the right of inheritance or purchased with gold.
- Nathaniel Hawthorne,

My long sickness
Of health and living now begins to mend,
And nothing brings me all things.

My long sickness
Of health and living now begins to mend,
And nothing brings me all things.

A malady
Preys on my heart that med'cine cannot reach.

A malady
Preys on my heart that med'cine cannot reach.

I've known my lady (for she loves a tune)
For fevers take an opera in June:
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I've known my lady (for she loves a tune)
For fevers take an opera in June:
And, though perhaps you'll think the practice bold,
A midnight park is sov'reign for a cold.

I enjoy convalescence. It is the part that makes the illness
worth while.

I enjoy convalescence. It is the part that makes the illness
worth while.

But when ill indeed,
E'en dismissing the doctor don't always succeed.
- George Colman ("The Younger"),

But when ill indeed,
E'en dismissing the doctor don't always succeed.
- George Colman ("The Younger"),

Is Brutus sick, and is it physical
To walk unbraced and suck up the humors
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Is Brutus sick, and is it physical
To walk unbraced and suck up the humors
Of the dank morning? What, is Brutus sick,
And will he steal out of his wholesome bed
To dare the vile contagion of the night,
And tempt the rheumy and unpurged air,
To add unto his sickness?