Grippe

Anna Pavlovna had been coughing for several days, and had what she called the grippe (grippe then being a new word, used only by the few), and therefore had not attended at court nor even left the house. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The grippe has been the most fruitful cause of middle-ear inflammation and earache in recent years. ❋ Kenelm Winslow (N/A)

She said for one thing, that it was the hard-boiled eggs and the state of the house that did it, and when I said that the grippe was a germ, she retorted that I had probably brought it to her on my clothing. ❋ Mary Roberts Rinehart (1917)

Ordinarily, the so-called "grippe" is a common, mixed infection -- not true influenza. ❋ William S. Sadler (N/A)

The 'grippe' has gripped us here most universally, and no wonder, considering our most exceptional weather; and better the grippe than the fever which preceded it. ❋ Browning, Elizabeth B (1898)

I seem to have lost much of my grip since I had "grippe" in 1892. ❋ Unknown (1893)

[Illustration: W.S. Nicholson, Esq.] _Gentlemen_ -- In January of '90 I took the "grippe," went to work before ❋ Ray Vaughn Pierce (1877)

[Illustration: W.S. Nicholson, Esq.] _Gentlemen_ -- In January of '90 took the "grippe," went to work before I was well, was caught in a rain which gave me a very bad relapse, resulting in lung fever and complete prostration; was on my bed two months, and when I did get out, the strength to walk any more than just ❋ Ray Vaughn Pierce (1877)

The "grippe," as it is called, touched me at Vienna when on my way from the Holy Land, but I felt it only half a day, and never again since. ❋ Mrs. T. De Witt Talmage (1867)

The Minot Daily News and Optic Reporter, as it was known then, published an editorial Oct. 2, 1918, telling its readers that the best defense against the "grippe" was to forget about it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Français · La "grippe porcine" en vidéos: informations, humour, grains de sel ❋ Unknown (2009)

Français · Moyen-Orient: Le contact avec les porcs est-il responsable de la propagation de la grippe porcine? ❋ Unknown (2009)

Français · Mexique: Comment le Mexique vit l'épidémie de grippe porcine ❋ Unknown (2009)

Every traveler, only a man, only a man: I watch Roker stand by his map; a fattie who dropped a hundred and fifty odd pounds in fifteen years, vaguely spectral and knowing now like some victim of the grippe ❋ Dennis Mahagin (2011)

Français · Oman: Les blogueurs en campagne contre la grippe H1N1 ❋ Unknown (2009)

Français · Santé: La menace de la grippe porcine s'étend dans le monde ❋ Unknown (2009)

Billy Murphy, was laid up with la grippe, and one of his children, playing in the street, had been seriously injured by a passing wagon. ❋ Unknown (2010)