Has forgotten the sense of the word inebriety. From Wordnik.com. [The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Volume 08: Bunker Hill and Other Poems] Reference
'Emma' dissuade you, my dear Clare, from habits of inebriety. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet"] Reference
Gluttony is more common than inebriety and is responsible for more ills. From Wordnik.com. [Maintaining Health Formerly Health and Efficiency] Reference
Yet, we must not forget that the real nature of inebriety is always the same. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
A diet consisting chiefly of apples has been found an excellent cure for inebriety. From Wordnik.com. [Food Remedies Facts About Foods And Their Medicinal Uses] Reference
The cool air sobered me, and my friend congratulated me on my recovery from a state of inebriety. From Wordnik.com. [My Life: or the Adventures of Geo. Thompson Being the Auto-Biography of an Author. Written by Himself.] Reference
There is, in fact, in the matter of inebriety, white magic and black magic; wine is only white magic. From Wordnik.com. [Les Miserables] Reference
There was, however, too much method in the next proceedings for it to be attributed wholly to emotional inebriety. From Wordnik.com. [Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477] Reference
This rubbing of shoulders led to recognition and drinks, and ultimately involved both men in a common muddle of inebriety. From Wordnik.com. [THE GREAT INTERROGATION] Reference
American troops (wrongly attributed to climate), for it is well known that inebriety in the Philippines is the road to death. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
It is foolish to question the motives of men who, without thought of personal gain, are trying to remedy the evils of inebriety. From Wordnik.com. [Civics and Health] Reference
And to strengthen this resolve she recalled his weaknesses, his vacillation, his distrust in himself, his lapses into inebriety. From Wordnik.com. [Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera'] Reference
But he stopped suddenly, as if he comprehended, despite his inebriety, that he was in danger of going too far and doing some harm. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
He reproved such as did anything wrong in his presence, even his own father, if he heard him swear, or saw him in a state of inebriety. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi] Reference
As she thought less of his inebriety, she thought more of his inconstancy and presumption; and with fewer struggles for politeness, replied. From Wordnik.com. [Emma]
He was once examining a witness, whose inebriety, at the time to which the evidence referred, it was essential to his client's case to prove. From Wordnik.com. [Irish Wit and Humor Anecdote Biography of Swift, Curran, O'Leary and O'Connell] Reference
Mr Simkins, humbly desiring her not to be in haste, began a formal apology for his conduct; but the inebriety of the coachman became evident. From Wordnik.com. [Cecilia] Reference
The monotony of life in medieval Europe, when the nobles had little to do but hunt and fight, may partly account for the prevailing inebriety. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
It would appear that whatever injurious effect inebriety had upon this man, and unquestionably it had, he owes his anomalies of character to causes over which he had no control. From Wordnik.com. [Studies in Forensic Psychiatry] Reference
Austria inebriety is increasing everywhere on a dangerous scale. From Wordnik.com. [Buchanan's Journal of Man, December 1887 Volume 1, Number 11] Reference
To his gluttony I owe my vegetable diet, and to his inebriety my addiction to water. From Wordnik.com. [Paul Clifford — Complete] Reference
Could he not fill him up with conflicting alcohols, and see what inebriety would do for him?. From Wordnik.com. [The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol] Reference
The war has a pernicious effect on one's memory -- I sometimes even forget the elementary sensations of inebriety. From Wordnik.com. [The Rough Road] Reference
When once a wave of inebriety swept over the settlement, something a little out of the ordinary was likely to occur. From Wordnik.com. [Spinifex and Sand] Reference
Rather vague about what I have been doing during the week, but know I wanted to cure myself from habitual inebriety. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, May 20, 1893] Reference
In the proximity of the sugar-factories many bees perish of inebriety from the molasses, of which they are extremely fond. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3] Reference
"No," said Cranston, when a neighbor once asked him if he wasn't afraid of serious losses through Mac's occasional inebriety. From Wordnik.com. [A Tame Surrender, A Story of The Chicago Strike] Reference
He must be unusually hardened that can come from some shameful excess, or in a state of inebriety, into the company of the ladies. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Man's Guide] Reference
After this riot had continued long enough in its inebriety, the corrective came through the influence of Rubens in the North and of. From Wordnik.com. [The Tapestry Book] Reference
But the exhilaration of oratorical inebriety still lingered with her, and she heard Phillida professionally rather than personally. From Wordnik.com. [The Faith Doctor A Story of New York] Reference
I have in my mind several cases of inebriety which were traceable to the habit of taking something to relieve pain at these periods. From Wordnik.com. [Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say] Reference
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