The Curse of Britain: An Essay on the Evils, Causes and Cure of Intemperance |
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... thousands , in every grade of society , are giving their unbought testimony in its favour . With respect to ardent spirits , of every description , there is scarcely to be found an individual , from the justly distinguished Sir Astley ...
... thousands , in every grade of society , are giving their unbought testimony in its favour . With respect to ardent spirits , of every description , there is scarcely to be found an individual , from the justly distinguished Sir Astley ...
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... thousands upon thousands , of the lower orders , are , annually , carried to the grave , having fallen vic- tims to intemperance long before they had reached the meridian of life . In every town and village , this savage and insatiable ...
... thousands upon thousands , of the lower orders , are , annually , carried to the grave , having fallen vic- tims to intemperance long before they had reached the meridian of life . In every town and village , this savage and insatiable ...
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... thousands perish , annually , in Britain alone , through the one vice of intemperance and of these , a number too great to be contemplated without the most mournful feelings , are known to sink into an inglorious tomb , long before they ...
... thousands perish , annually , in Britain alone , through the one vice of intemperance and of these , a number too great to be contemplated without the most mournful feelings , are known to sink into an inglorious tomb , long before they ...
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... thousands , intemperance has slain its tens of thousands ; —while , in the desolation which marks the course of this murderous enemy of man- kind , there is nothing , to cast even a solitary ray across the deep and depressing gloom ...
... thousands , intemperance has slain its tens of thousands ; —while , in the desolation which marks the course of this murderous enemy of man- kind , there is nothing , to cast even a solitary ray across the deep and depressing gloom ...
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... thousands upon thousands of the victims of in- temperance , its ranks are rather increasing than being diminished ? To this we reply , that no man becomes a drunkard at once , but that every drunkard was gradually confirmed in the ...
... thousands upon thousands of the victims of in- temperance , its ranks are rather increasing than being diminished ? To this we reply , that no man becomes a drunkard at once , but that every drunkard was gradually confirmed in the ...
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Page 62 - But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way ; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink ; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
Page 184 - If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain ; if thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not ; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works...
Page 13 - Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these, Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Page 198 - Surely the isles shall wait for Me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the Name of the LORD thy GOD, and to the Holy One of Israel, because He hath glorified thee.
Page 63 - It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink; lest they drink and forget the law and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
Page 21 - Who hath woe ? who hath sorrow ? who hath contentions ? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause ? who hath redness of eyes ? 30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
Page 27 - The days of our years are threescore years and ten; And if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, Yet is their strength labour and sorrow; For it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
Page 198 - The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents : the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. Yea, all kings shall fall down before him : all nations shall serve. him.
Page 250 - For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink ; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.
Page 38 - Be not among wine-bibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh : For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty.