the cure

• “The bias of his nature was intractable, and he was at last permitted to study music, at first under the charge of his uncle Joseph, the cure of Jesi, and finally at the Naples Conservatory, where he was entered at the age of sixteen.”

  The Great Italian and French Composers

• ““Kettle,” Lady Lackiander said, on Wednesday, wincing a little as she endured the approach of a fomentation to her toe, “have you got the cure for a bad conscience?””

  Scales of Justice

• “Bridgett, which the late Bishop of Limerick, Dr. Butler, called "the miracle wrought by the Mother of Perpetual Succour, a far greater miracle than the cure of a blind boy or the healing of a cripple".”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss

• “You said that the cure for mewould arrive when I could find my niche.”

  Simon & Schuster: A Mind at a Time

• “At the Restoration he was ejected from the Provostship, but, having complied with the Act of Uniformity, he was, in 1662, appointed to the cure of St Anne's, Blackfriars.”

  Bygone Beliefs

• “A curious and ancient amulet for the cure of various diseases, particularly the ague, was a triangle formed of the letters of the word "Abracadabra.”

  Bygone Beliefs

• “Famous people were the cure for that randomness, like pre-Rusties gathering around their campfires every night, listening to the elders.”

  Simon & Schuster: Extras

• “The patient must trust the suggestor and must be persuaded that the suggestion has already been efficient on others, and then the cure results.”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss

• “No—I heard her tell Bertha Dorset that she had six months to put in while her husband was taking the cure in the Engadine.”

  Simon & Schuster: The House of Mirth

• “The leaves of the Yaupon makes a pleasant tea, and when freely used, produces a copious and easy flow of urine and is a most valuable article in the cure of dropsy and gravelly complaints.”

  The Cherokee Physician, or Indian Guide to Health, as Given by Richard Foreman, a Cherokee Doctor; Comprising a Brief View of Anatomy, With General Rules for Preserving Health without the Use of Medicines. The Diseases of the U. States, with Their Symptoms, Causes, and Means of Prevention, are Treated on in a Satisfactory Manner. It Also Contains a Description of a Variety of Herbs and Roots, Many of which are not Explained in Any Other Book, and their Medical Virtues have Hitherto been Unknown to the Whites; To which is Added a Short Dispensatory.

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