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" ... large drinking, which I was many times forced to invoke, being courteously entertained, and much provoked to carousing; and so for that time, avoided any great intemperance. Remembering this, and having since observed, in my conversation at the English... "
Picture of Edinburgh: Containing a Description of the City and Its Environs - Page 269
by John Stark (of Edinburgh.) - 1823 - 370 pages
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The Scotsman's Library: Being a Collection of Anecdotes and Facts ...

James Mitchell - Scotland - 1825 - 798 pages
...sup with them but upon condition that my invitor would be my protection from large drinking, which 1 was many times forced to invoke, being courteously...English court, with the Scots of the better sort, tliat-they spend great part of the night in drinking, not only wine, but even beer; as myself cannot...
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A System of Geography, Popular and Scientific: Or A Physical ..., Volume 3

James Bell - Geography - 1832 - 812 pages
...would not promise to мир with them, but upon condition that my inviter would be my protection from large drinking, which I was many times forced to invoke,...courteously entertained and much provoked to carousing; and ••« for that time avoided any great intemperance. Kememberirig this, and having since observed,...
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A System of Geography, Popular and Scientific, Or a Physical ..., Volume 3

James Bell - Geography - 1832 - 580 pages
...and entertaining any it ranger, used to drink healths not without ехсем ; . ,----„ -teously«. much provoked to carousing; and so for that time avoided any great intemperance, liemembering this, and having since observed, in my conversation at the English court, with the Scots...
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Bacchus, an essay on intemperance

Ralph Barnes Grindrod - 1843 - 396 pages
...excess, would not promise to sup with them but upon condition that my inviter would be my protection from large drinking, which I was many times forced to invoke,...having since observed in my conversation at the English with the Scots of the better sort, that they spent great part of the night in drinking, not only wine...
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Early Travellers in Scotland

Peter Hume Brown - Scotland - 1891 - 372 pages
...would not promise to sup with them — but upon condition that my Inviter would be my protection from large drinking, which I was many times forced to invoke,...being courteously entertained, and much provoked to garussing,2 and so for that time avoided any great intemperance. Remembering this, and having since...
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The Social and Industrial History of Scotland: From the Earliest ..., Volume 1

James Mackinnon - Industries - 1920 - 200 pages
...would not promise to sup with them, but upon condition that my inviter would be my protection from large drinking, which I was many times forced to invoke,...and so for that time avoided any great intemperance ". His remarks on the drinking proclivities of all classes are borne out by the enactment on the subject...
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