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And it is observed by Gesner, that the bones, and hearts, & gals of Pikes are very medicinable for several Diseases, as to stop bloud, to abate Fevers, to cure Agues, to oppose or expel the infection of the Plague, and to be many wayes medicinable and useful for the good of mankind; but that the biting of a Pike is venemous and hard to be cured.
The Compleat Angler 2007
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Agues, and Repentance might be the Consequences of a Contact in present
Letter from John Adams to Abigail Smith, 14 February 1763 1963
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_The Cock water, most delicate and precious for restoring out of deep Consumptions, and for preventing them, and for curing of Agues, proved by my self and many others.
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This is excellent for Swounding Fits or Convulsions, and expelleth any venomous Disease; it also cureth any sort of Agues.
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_Frensie_, comforting and staying the head in all hot _Agues, & c_.
A Book of Fruits and Flowers Anonymous
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Agues, according to arrangement, left him alone with his aunt.
The Longest Journey 1924
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At the time I speak of, as the time when papa spoke to me, pursued Agues, he had told papa that he was going away; that he was very sorry, and unwilling to leave, but that he had better prospects.
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We succeeded in securing a tidy lodging at No. 14 Agues Place, Waterloo Road.
James Nasmyth: Engineer, An Autobiography. Nasmyth, James 1885
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The artist bowed, and Guy, with a half guilty blush, hurried down into the street, where Agues was waiting for him.
Aikenside Mary Jane Holmes 1866
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Agues are generally distinguished by names expressive of the periods of intermission or lapse of time between the fits.
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