faintness

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Faintness, as well as all other ideas or perceptions which suggest magnitude or distance, doth it in the same way that words suggest the notions to which they are annexed.

From A Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision by Berkeley, George

Faintness overpowered her, and she lay for several minutes powerless, in Mrs. Hamilton's arms.

From Home Influence A Tale for Mothers and Daughters by Aguilar, Grace

Pestilential Impostumes or Tumours are those that are accompany'd with a Fever, Swooning, Head-ach, and Faintness: They usually arise in the time of a Plague or Pestilence, and are contagious.

From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Le Clerc, Charles Gabriel

Faintness came over him, breathing the sulphurous smoke, with the tornado of battle stunning his brain— Faintness—forgetfulness.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

A Scarlet Head is a demonstration of Courage, but a Pale and wan of Faintness.

From The School of Recreation (1684 edition) Or, The Gentlemans Tutor, to those Most Ingenious Exercises of Hunting, Racing, Hawking, Riding, Cock-fighting, Fowling, Fishing by Howlett, Robert