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... readers , will have far more weight than its fulness , its literary merit , or , the author fears he must add , than even its accuracy , and that is ... reader whose criticisms PREFACE . xi are directed to its style or its X PREFACE .
... readers , will have far more weight than its fulness , its literary merit , or , the author fears he must add , than even its accuracy , and that is ... reader whose criticisms PREFACE . xi are directed to its style or its X PREFACE .
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... readers to hear that in this respect the author wishes the book to speak for itself . To promote sobriety was certainly one of the objects for which he undertook his task , and where debated questions have come under discussion which ...
... readers to hear that in this respect the author wishes the book to speak for itself . To promote sobriety was certainly one of the objects for which he undertook his task , and where debated questions have come under discussion which ...
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... reader concerning the contact of whites with savages in Africa , North America , and elsewhere , is that the former bring their spirits with them , and with that agent exterminate the aborigines with whom they come in contact , whilst ...
... reader concerning the contact of whites with savages in Africa , North America , and elsewhere , is that the former bring their spirits with them , and with that agent exterminate the aborigines with whom they come in contact , whilst ...
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... reader to judge for himself whether or not they were likely to have been acquainted with the use of intoxi- cating beverages . That they lived contemporaneously with the urus , the wild progenitor of our domesticated cattle , and that ...
... reader to judge for himself whether or not they were likely to have been acquainted with the use of intoxi- cating beverages . That they lived contemporaneously with the urus , the wild progenitor of our domesticated cattle , and that ...
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... reader to judge for himself , and quitting now the region of surmise and speculation , we must ask him to accompany us whilst we set foot upon the firm ground of fact , as revealed in history and in popularly accepted tradition.2 1 ...
... reader to judge for himself , and quitting now the region of surmise and speculation , we must ask him to accompany us whilst we set foot upon the firm ground of fact , as revealed in history and in popularly accepted tradition.2 1 ...
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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!