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Inspiring bold John Barleycorn, What dangers thou canst make us scorn! Wi' tippenny, we fear nae evil; Wi' usquebae, we'll face the devil!— BURNS — Tam o' Shanter. L. 105.
Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; The best of life is but intoxication: Glory, the grape, love, gold, in these are sunk The hopes of all men and of every nation; Without their sap, how branchless were the trunk Of life's strange tree, so fruitful on occasion: But to return, -Get very drunk; and when You wake with headache, you shall see what then.— BYRON — Don Juan. Canto II. St. 179.
Ha! see where the wild-blazing Grog-Shop appears, As the red waves of wretchedness swell, How it burns on the edge of tempestuous years The horrible Light-House of Hell!— M'DONALD CLARKE — The Rum Hole.
We blame the drunkard and despise him, but why? He cannot help the thirst that dominates over him; but he could have helped that rash tampering with the causes that produced it, for this he is responsible. The folly and the guilt lie in the tampering, all the rest is law.— ABRAHAM COLES — The Evangel.
P. 219. Note. All learned, and all drunk!— COWPER — The Task. Bk. IV. L. 478.
Gloriously drunk, obey the important call. S.— COWPER — The Task. Bk. IV. L. 510.
He calls drunkenness an expression identical with ruin.— DIOGENES LAERTIUS — Lives of the
Philosophers. Pythagoras. VI. Then hasten to be drunk, the business of the day. и.— DRYDEN — Cymon and Iphigenia. L. 407.
Petition me no petitions, Sir, to-day; Let other hours be set apart for business, To-day it is our pleasure to be drunk; And this our queen shall be as drunk as we.— HENRY FIELDING — Tom Thumb the Great. Act I. Sc. 2.
He that is drunken *** Is outlawed by himself; all kind of ill Did with his liquor slide into his veins.— HERBERT — The Temple. The Church Porch. St. 6.
Shall I, to please another wine-sprung minde, Lose all mine own? God hath giv'n me a measure Short of His can and body; must I find A pain in that, wherein he finds a pleasure?— HERBERT — The Temple. The Church Porch. St. 7.
Touch the goblet no more! It will make thy heart sore To its very core!— LONGFELLOW — Christus. The Golden Legend. Pt. 1.
And when night Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.— MILTON — Paradise Lost. L. 507.
Soon as the potion works, their human count'nance, Th' express resemblance of the gods, is chang'd Into some bruitish form of wolf or bear, Or ounce or tiger, hog, or bearded goat, All other parts remaining as they were ; And they, so perfect in their misery, Not once perceive their foul disfigurement.— MILTON — Comus. L. 64.
In vain I trusted that the flowing bowl Would banish sorrow, and enlarge the soul. To the late revel, and protracted feast, Wild dreams succeeded, and disorder'd rest.— PRIOR — Solomon. Bk. II. L. 106.
And now, in madness, Being full of supper and distempering draughts, Upon malicious bravery, dost thou come To start my quiet.— Shakespeare — Othello. Act I. Sc. I. L. 98.
Boundless intemperance In nature is a tyranny, it hath been Th' untimely emptying of the happy throne, Attempt the end and never stand to doubt; And fall of many kings.— Shakespeare — Macbeth. Act IV. Sc. 3. L. 66.
Every inordinate cup is unblessed and the ingredient is a devil.— Shakespeare — Othello. Act II. Sc. 3. L. 309.
I have very poor and unhappy brains for drinking: I could wish courtesy would invent some other custom of entertainment.— Shakespeare — Othello. Act II. Sc. 3. L. 35.
I told you, sir, they were red-hot with drinking; So full of valour that they smote the air For breathing in their faces; beat the ground For kissing of their feet.— Shakespeare — Tempest. Act IV. Sc. 1. L. 171.
Libidinosa etenim et intemperans adolescentia effætum corpus tradit senectuti. A sensual and intemperate youth hands over a worn-out body to old age.— CICERO — De Senectute. IX.