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Secret and Sacred: The Diaries of James Henry Hammond choose

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[US] Henry I 65: If they [i.e. nettles steeped in urine] remain green and fresh, the sick will live; else it is all up with him.
at all up with under all up, adj.
[US] in Bleser Secret and Sacred; The Diaries of James Henry Hammond (1988) 5: Most of his correspondence to Hammond concerns his preoccupation with the opposite sex [...] he confessed to feeling ‘horny’ but feared getting the ‘Clap’ [...] ‘I feel wild as a brick’.
at horny, adj.
[US] in Bleser Secret and Sacred; The Diaries of James Henry Hammond (1988) 277: They nominated (John C.) Beckinridge (of Kentucky) for Pres.
at prez, n.
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