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... public , or any class of the public , should suppose that where people have the means they are intemperate . It is ... opinion of those who are best able to judge , that for health there is still far too much alcohol drunk even by ...
... public , or any class of the public , should suppose that where people have the means they are intemperate . It is ... opinion of those who are best able to judge , that for health there is still far too much alcohol drunk even by ...
Page 180
... public streets ; but I was eventually ordered by the Town Council not to carry out the pro- visions of that section . " This fact was , we believe , pub- lished at the time in the Birmingham papers ; and with- out expressing any opinion ...
... public streets ; but I was eventually ordered by the Town Council not to carry out the pro- visions of that section . " This fact was , we believe , pub- lished at the time in the Birmingham papers ; and with- out expressing any opinion ...
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... opinion concerning the changed habits of the working classes ; for , some years since , in conjunction with several friends , he helped to establish a trades hall in Liverpool , to which a number of the unions at once removed from public ...
... opinion concerning the changed habits of the working classes ; for , some years since , in conjunction with several friends , he helped to establish a trades hall in Liverpool , to which a number of the unions at once removed from public ...
Page 188
... public - houses at all is because the clergy deny them the use of the ... opinion , that the Rev. Canon Ellison considers there is a diminution of ... opinion , very conflicting , however , on the prevalence of drunkenness ...
... public - houses at all is because the clergy deny them the use of the ... opinion , that the Rev. Canon Ellison considers there is a diminution of ... opinion , very conflicting , however , on the prevalence of drunkenness ...
Page 199
... public - houses , and in many places the local authorities , with the sanction of the governor , have prohibited the trade altogether.1 There is some difference of opinion as to the success of the Swedish system , but it is easily ...
... public - houses , and in many places the local authorities , with the sanction of the governor , have prohibited the trade altogether.1 There is some difference of opinion as to the success of the Swedish system , but it is easily ...
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Page 65 - 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.
Page 68 - Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth : for God hath received him.
Page 67 - When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew ;) the governor of the feast...
Page 150 - The entertainment and show went forward, and most of the presenters went backward, or fell down; wine did so occupy their upper chambers.
Page 150 - I am certain she was not joined with good works, and left the Court in a staggering condition; Charity came to the King's feet, and seemed to cover the multitude of sins her sisters had committed; in some...
Page 68 - A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity...
Page 68 - It is good neither to eat flesh nor to drink wine, nor anything whereby thy brother stumbleth or is offended or is made weak.
Page 149 - His Majesty then got up and would dance with the Queen of Sheba, but he fell down and humbled himself before her and was carried to an inner chamber and laid on a bed of state, which was not a little defiled with the presents of the Queen which had been bestowed on his garments, such as wine, cream, jelly, beverage, cakes, spices, and other good matters.
Page 149 - I think the Dane hath strangely wrought on our good English nobles ; for those whom I never could get to taste good liquor, now follow the fashion and wallow in beastly delights. The ladies abandon their sobriety, and are seen to roll about in intoxication.
Page 66 - For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil. The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!