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Definition of Consumptions
1. consumption [n] - See also: consumption
Lexicographical Neighbors of Consumptions
Literary usage of Consumptions
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lectures on Justice, Police, Revenue and Arms by Adam Smith (1896)
"Of Taxes on Consumptions] Taxes upon possessions are naturally equal, but those
upon consumptions naturally unequal, as they are sometimes paid by the ..."
2. The Lives of the Right Hon. Francis North, Baron Guilford, Lord Keeper of by Roger North (1826)
"... about a fortnight before she died; for every one knows wliat offences, nay
hazards, a nearness to persons, that expire gradually in such consumptions, ..."
3. Journal of a Tour and Residence in Great Britain, During the Years 1810 and 1811 by Louis] [Simond (1815)
"Scorbutic affections, the scrofula and pulmonary consumptions, seem more general
here than in most other countries. If the first of these disorders is ..."
4. A Practical Treatise on Hydraulic and Water-supply Engineering: Relating to by John Thomas Fanning (1901)
"... the pounds of coal required at various duties will be approximately as follows :
TABLE No. 114. COMPARATIVE Consumptions OF COAL AT DIFFERENT DUTIES. ..."
5. The Fashionable World Displayed by John Owen (1806)
"wind may be blowing at the time; and coughs, rheumatisms, and consumptions, be
upon the wings of every blast. This rage for dissimilitude in the affairs of ..."
6. The Works of the Reverend John Wesley, A.M. by John Wesley (1840)
"The ability, if ever I want, to sleep immediately : 4. The never losing a night's
sleep in my life : 5. Two violent fevers, and two deep consumptions. ..."
7. The Annals of Philosophy by Richard Phillips, E W Brayley (1820)
"... Acid in Consumptions. Most of our readers are aware that M. Magendie some time
ago proposed prussic acid as a remedy in incipient consumption. ..."
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