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Definition of Distempers
1. distemper [v] - See also: distemper
Lexicographical Neighbors of Distempers
Literary usage of Distempers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Thomas Shepard: First Pastor of the First Church, Cambridge by Thomas Shepard (1853)
"The sly and secret distempers of the will. First. There are these seven drunken
distempers in the understanding or mind of man, whereby he cometh to be most ..."
2. The Works of John Owen by John Owen (1826)
"Some distempers rooted deeply in men's natural tempers. Considerations of such
distempers: ways of dealings with them. The sixth direction. ..."
3. The Works of William Robertson ...: To which is Prefixed, an Account of His by William Robertson, Dugald Stewart (1817)
"If luxury engenders and nourishes distempers of one species, the rigour and
distresses of savage life bring on those of another. ..."
4. A Voyage to South America: Describing at Large the Spanish Cities, Towns by Antonio de Ulloa, John Adams (1806)
"Inconveniences, distempers, and Evils, to which the City of Lima is subject ;
particularly Earthquakes. of the inconveniences of Lima, during the summer, ..."
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