But since the introduction among us of what you call spirituous liquors, and what we think may justly be called poison, our numbers are greatly diminished. From Wordnik.com. [A Visit to the United States in 1841] Reference
I have sometimes remarked a kind of spirituous taste in fruits that were over ripe, especially oranges; and this was just before they became rotten. From Wordnik.com. [Conversations on Chemistry, V. 1-2 In Which the Elements of that Science Are Familiarly Explained and Illustrated by Experiments] Reference
In the desert, spirituous liquors excite only disgust. From Wordnik.com. [Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American] Reference
To be more or less spirituous does not constitute good wine. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference
The second cause may perhaps be allotted to excess in spirituous liquors. From Wordnik.com. [A Treatise on Foreign Teas Abstracted From An Ingenious Work, Lately Published, Entitled An Essay On the Nerves] Reference
Steinberger -- the most spirituous of the Rhenish growths -- with more sweetness. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference
I attributed the principle of the spirituous fermentation to the mucilaginous substance. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Making Whiskey So As to Obtain a Better, Purer, Cheaper and Greater Quantity of Spirit, From a Given Quantity of Grain] Reference
There was found also two small phials, in which was a spirituous liquid for cleaning the teeth. From Wordnik.com. [Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770.] Reference
They drank their beer, but rarely consumed spirituous liquors, and considered this as temperance. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography.] Reference
From the fermented juice the distilleries manufacture a spirituous liquor, known locally as cocoa-wine. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
It was then held as certain, that the saccharine substance was the principle of spirituous fermentation. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Making Whiskey So As to Obtain a Better, Purer, Cheaper and Greater Quantity of Spirit, From a Given Quantity of Grain] Reference
Treat by warm hip baths, hot drinks (avoiding spirituous liquors), and heat applied to the back and extremities. From Wordnik.com. [Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage] Reference
Avoid highly seasoned food, and the use of spirituous liquors; also excessive fatigue, either physical or mental. From Wordnik.com. [Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage] Reference
It was not a total-abstinence movement at first, but was designed particularly to check the use of spirituous liquors. From Wordnik.com. [Society Its Origin and Development] Reference
The habit of drinking spirituous liquor at the homestead, in the family circle, or on the farm, has almost entirely ceased. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography.] Reference
And Dr. Trotter states, that no cause of disease has so wide a range, or so large a share, as the use of spirituous liquors. From Wordnik.com. [Select Temperance Tracts] Reference
It takes the place very much of spirituous and fermented liquors, in the use of which the mountaineers are exceedingly temperate. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Schamyl And Narrative of the Circassian War of Independence Against Russia] Reference
On all hands he was in requisition, and everywhere he was a favorite -- kindness flowing to him in its common channel, spirituous liquor. From Wordnik.com. [Select Temperance Tracts] Reference
Soldiers are forbidden either to buy or accept as gifts from the French, any whisky, brandy, champagne, or, in fact, any spirituous liquors. From Wordnik.com. [The Stars and Stripes The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919] Reference
Possessing 570 acres of vineyards producing rich amber-coloured, luscious, and spirituous wines, made principally from the clairette and picardan grapes. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
But, of all other causes, the introduction of spirituous liquors among them, for which they discovered an amazing fondness, has proved the most destructive. From Wordnik.com. [An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 2] Reference
Let your habits be strictly temperate, and for human nature's sake, abstain from the erroneous idea that some sort of malt or spirituous drink is necessary. From Wordnik.com. [Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring Party] Reference
Taxes were imposed on sugar refined in the United States, on carriages, on licenses to distillers of spirituous liquors, and other forms of internal production. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography.] Reference
Of 1,969 paupers in different almshouses in the United States, 1,790, according to the testimony of the overseers of the poor, were made such by spirituous liquor. From Wordnik.com. [Select Temperance Tracts] Reference
Saw a great number of school-houses and churches; but taverns, "licensed to sell spirituous liquors," as appeared upon their signs, were most numerous on this road. From Wordnik.com. [Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas] Reference
I could hear -- for I dared not look up -- by the jingling of glasses and the outpouring of liquids that he was helping himself to his spirituous sleeping-draughts. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852] Reference
But in attaining an object to which the combined energies of mind and body were requisite, I should never think of the appropriateness of spirituous liquor to aid the effort. From Wordnik.com. [Select Temperance Tracts] Reference
These also excite the appetite, by stimulating the natural progress of the chyle, and thus prevent its too rapid fermentation of its spirituous parts into windy flatulencies. From Wordnik.com. [A Treatise on Foreign Teas Abstracted From An Ingenious Work, Lately Published, Entitled An Essay On the Nerves] Reference
Prison Discipline report states, "that of 125,000 criminals committed to our prisons in a single year, 93,750 were excited to their commission of crime by spirituous liquors.". From Wordnik.com. [Select Temperance Tracts] Reference
Hence the fallacy of that doctrine held by some, that to accomplish deeds of daring, feats of muscular strength, etc., with success, demands the drinking of spirituous liquors. From Wordnik.com. [Select Temperance Tracts] Reference
The arts and sciences have made great progress; my aim is to diffuse new light on every thing that relates to the formation of spirituous liquors that may be obtained from grains. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Making Whiskey So As to Obtain a Better, Purer, Cheaper and Greater Quantity of Spirit, From a Given Quantity of Grain] Reference
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