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He had occasion to land on the Isle of Bourbon, at the time of his being afflicted with a tormenting toothach; and a handkerchief being tied about his head, his appearance excited the curiosity of the natives, who approached him, and inquired, by signs and gestures, the nature of his complaint.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 569, October 6, 1832 Various
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A friend, who has recently returned from India, relates that he received a perfect cure for the toothach, in a very remarkable way.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 569, October 6, 1832 Various
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Soissons, he took occasion to mesmerise the daughter of his agent, and another young person, for the toothach, who declared themselves, in a few minutes, cured.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 Various
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Extreme bodily pain is perhaps the most intense suffering we are capable of, and if the fellow feeling with misery alone was grateful to the mind, the exhibition of a man in a fit of the toothach, or under a chirurgical operation, would have a fine effect in a tragedy.
The Works of Anna Laetitia Barbauld, with a Memoir by Lucy Aikin 1825
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For is there any pleasure in nature, which equals the impressions of the gout, the stone, or even of the toothach itself?
Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. III. 1634-1716 1823
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Mrs. Battaile has been much afflicted with the toothach lately, & is now pregnant, she wishes you to come down & extract it for her, remembering the safety with which you extracted one for her some years ago.
Selected Papers of Dr. James Carmichael of Fredericksburg, Va., 1820 1820
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He says we are like toothach and his friend gum bile -- which, though a kind of ease, is but an uneasy kind of ease, a comfort of rather an uncomfortable sort.
The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb Mary Lamb 1805
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I was sorry to hear this; and, as he sometimes had the toothach, and also some other persons in the ship at the same time, I asked him if their toothach made his easy: he said, No. Then I told him if he and these people went to hell together, their pains would not make his any lighter.
The Life of Olaudah Equiano Or Gustavus Vassa The African Equiano, Olaudah 1789
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The root is said to possess some acrimony, and to be made use of by the natives in curing the toothach.
The Botanical Magazine, Vol. 5 Or, Flower-Garden Displayed William Curtis 1772
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I was sorry to hear this; and, as he sometimes had the tooth-ach, and also some other persons in the ship at the same time, I asked him if their toothach made his easy: he said, No. Then I told him if he and these people went to hell together, their pains would not make
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