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... never be ascribed to the real cause . It is a war upon the human consti- tution , carried on ostensibly by an auxiliary , but which never fails to subtract more vital power than it im- parts . Like the letting out of waters by little ...
... never be ascribed to the real cause . It is a war upon the human consti- tution , carried on ostensibly by an auxiliary , but which never fails to subtract more vital power than it im- parts . Like the letting out of waters by little ...
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... never pities , and never relaxes his iron gripe . He may struggle , but he is in chains . He may cry for release , but it comes not ; and lost ! lost ! may be inscribed upon the door posts of his dwelling . In the meantime these ...
... never pities , and never relaxes his iron gripe . He may struggle , but he is in chains . He may cry for release , but it comes not ; and lost ! lost ! may be inscribed upon the door posts of his dwelling . In the meantime these ...
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... never to rise . The quickened circulation does for a time invigorate intellect and restore exhausted nature . But , for the adventitious energy imparted , it exhausts the native energy of the soul , and induces that faintness of heart ...
... never to rise . The quickened circulation does for a time invigorate intellect and restore exhausted nature . But , for the adventitious energy imparted , it exhausts the native energy of the soul , and induces that faintness of heart ...
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... never meet without feeling the simultaneous desire of strong drink . What can be the reason of this ? All men , when they meet , are not affected thus . It is not uncommon for men of similar employments to be drawn by association , when ...
... never meet without feeling the simultaneous desire of strong drink . What can be the reason of this ? All men , when they meet , are not affected thus . It is not uncommon for men of similar employments to be drawn by association , when ...
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... never return . 5. When a man allows himself to drink always in company so much as he may think he can bear without awakening in others the suspicion of inebriation , he will deceive himself , and no one beside . For abused nature ...
... never return . 5. When a man allows himself to drink always in company so much as he may think he can bear without awakening in others the suspicion of inebriation , he will deceive himself , and no one beside . For abused nature ...
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Page 5 - At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things. Yea, thou shall be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
Page 75 - Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil 1 Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.
Page 89 - Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also...
Page 5 - Who hath woe ? who hath sorrow ? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause ? who hath redness of eyes ? They that tarry long at the wine ; they that go to seek mixed wine. Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Page 6 - Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
Page 61 - Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul. For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
Page 41 - Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Page 9 - Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink: Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
Page 83 - But these evils are as real, as if the stone did cry out of the wall, and the beam answered it — as real, as if day and night, wailings were heard in every part of the dwelling — and blood and skeletons were seen upon every wall — as real, as if the ghostly forms of departed victims, flitted about the ship as she passed...
Page 61 - Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the Lord's right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory.