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... Pliny and other Roman writers , in order to show how drinking increased , and the extent to which it prevailed at a later period . We have seen that on one occasion a Roman general offered as a rare gift to the gods a small cup of wine ...
... Pliny and other Roman writers , in order to show how drinking increased , and the extent to which it prevailed at a later period . We have seen that on one occasion a Roman general offered as a rare gift to the gods a small cup of wine ...
Page 86
... Pliny tells us that Cĉsar at a banquet given during his third consulship ( B.C. 46 ) , gave Falernian , Chian ... Pliny , p . 252 . ii . 10 . See also the account of the miracle of Cana , John ? A measure of about six pints . Pliny ...
... Pliny tells us that Cĉsar at a banquet given during his third consulship ( B.C. 46 ) , gave Falernian , Chian ... Pliny , p . 252 . ii . 10 . See also the account of the miracle of Cana , John ? A measure of about six pints . Pliny ...
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... Pliny have said , had he lived in our time ? To the state of Roman society in Pliny's day we shall return presently , but although this is not a technical treatise on intoxicating liquors , it is probable that some of our readers might ...
... Pliny have said , had he lived in our time ? To the state of Roman society in Pliny's day we shall return presently , but although this is not a technical treatise on intoxicating liquors , it is probable that some of our readers might ...
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... " Dictionary of Antiquities , " Art . " Vinum , " by W. Ramsay , which contains a large amount of useful and interesting information on the subject . PLINY ON ROMAN VINE - CULTURE . 63 fermentation had 888 THE HISTORY OF DRINK .
... " Dictionary of Antiquities , " Art . " Vinum , " by W. Ramsay , which contains a large amount of useful and interesting information on the subject . PLINY ON ROMAN VINE - CULTURE . 63 fermentation had 888 THE HISTORY OF DRINK .
Page 89
... Pliny says that there were in his day ninety- one varieties of vine , of which he describes several , giving many details concerning their cultivation . He mentions one hundred and sixteen different sorts of wine , whereof fifty are ...
... Pliny says that there were in his day ninety- one varieties of vine , of which he describes several , giving many details concerning their cultivation . He mentions one hundred and sixteen different sorts of wine , whereof fifty are ...
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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!