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Meanings of physical infirmity in English

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Usage of physical infirmity in English
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But physical infirmity and a collapsing economy mean his grip is weakening.
The Guardian
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With this amiable resolution he adopted a physical infirmity in the shape of deafness.
In the Heart of Africa
3
Whatever Richard's physical infirmity, his nature was wholesome enough.
The History of Sir Richard Calmady: A Romance
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I've tried every branch and they've all turned me down, for a-for a physical infirmity.
More Tish
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What moral or physical infirmity caused by mother's coldness?
The Lily of the Valley
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Those who say that physical infirmity does not feminise the character have not had my experience.
Aylwin
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His eloquence was at times wonderful, and was augmented rather than diminished by his physical infirmity.
Hidden Treasures; Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail
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After that, until its close, life is a continuous struggle with the manifold forms of physical infirmity.
Making the Most of Life
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See here, Albert, the history of thousands; and tell me, is not this a case of physical infirmity?
The Sorrows of Young Werther
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The absence and wandering of mind and forgetfulness that so often vexes you is a physical infirmity with me.
Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe / Compiled From Her Letters and Jo...
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Pardon my referring to a physical infirmity; but you may have noticed that I have a very, very severe cold.
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She was bowed down by physical infirmity, and her last year was saddened by a long, sanguinary, and inglorious war.
Historical and Political Essays
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Demoniacal possession was neither physical infirmity nor moral evil, however much it may have simulated sometimes the one or the other.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. Luke
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But physical infirmity used to be so common in Blues music as to seem almost a requirement for those entering the profession.
The Irish Times
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Voters granted permission for home visits are only those who cannot visit a voting station due to physical infirmity, disability and pregnancy.
The South African
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The undoubted tendency of physical infirmity is to disturb the temper, to weaken the will, and generally to disorganise the mental equilibrium.
Crime and Its Causes
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