| I learned that he had recently been gorging himself with Christmas delicacies and was very costive, and as there was no satisfactory history of the dog, I at once suspected lyssophobia. |
| If they are costive, put in a little melted lard, or some kind of inoffensive oil. |
| As he was costive, pills of aloes and steel were ordered to be taken occasionally. |
| Next Day, the 21st, her Blood appeared very sizy, and she complained of having been costive for some Days. |
| Still, much as one enjoys the giddiness as reality and fiction seep into each other, there is still something wilfully costive about it. |
| Yet although the writer pokes fun, he teases the verbally prolix, emotionally costive Huxley as much as he does the earnest Wilberforce. |
