marsh fever
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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It turned out that he was down with marsh fever in some out-of-the-way spot, and everything was over and finished with before he got back to civilisation and newspapers.”
From When William Came by Saki
He only mentioned quite casually at dinner that a young Englishman had been found close to his uncle’s house, nearly two months ago, who had been seized with a bad attack of marsh fever.
From Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand by H.C. Adams
Sometimes the inundations are disastrous, but the ordinary flood is an accepted event, and no damage accrues beyond the prevalence of marsh fever in April and May, when the water recedes.
From Round About the Carpathians by Andrew F. Crosse
In 1809 the British Expedition to Walchereen failed in the Netherlands through marsh fever.
From A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays by Charles Bradlaugh
Perhaps not, since thy bridegroom-to-be lies ill with marsh fever, so Hadda has told me.
From The Golden Silence by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson
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