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" It is a noble, generous liquor and we should be humbly thankful for it, but, as I remember, water was made before it. "
Genealogy of the Eliot Family - Page 41
by William Smith Porter - 1663 - 184 pages
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The Connecticut evangelical magazine, Volume 6

1805 - 590 pages
...health, and hasten on diseases and death. He readily allowed indeed, (to use his own words,) " Wine is a noble, generous liquor, and we should be humbly thankful for it." He doubtless viewed it as a most valuable cordial and restorative ; but was ever careful not to pervert...
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A Biographical Dictionary: Containing a Brief Account of the First Settlers ...

John Eliot - Frontier and pioneer life - 1809 - 528 pages
...When he dined abroad, he would not indulge himself in the luxuries of the table. He drank water, and said of wine, " it is a noble, generous liquor, and...it, but, as I remember, water was made before it." His maintenance was a free contribution, or raised upon pews, and the people of Roxbury cheerfully...
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Change: A Poem Pronounced at Roxbury, October VIII, MDCCCXXX, in ...

Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn, Thomas Gray - Roxbury (Boston, Mass.) - 1830 - 86 pages
...superannuated, so as to do no further service for them.* Frugal and temperate, through a long life, he never indulged in the luxuries of the table. His drink was...which now wages such an honorable crusade against the demoralizing vice of inebriety. Having presided over the Church of Roxbury for nearly sixty years,...
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An American Biographical and Historical Dictionary: Containing an Account of ...

William Allen - Electronic books - 1832 - 820 pages
...home, and when he dined abroad, he seldom tasted any of the luxuries before him. He drankwater; and said of wine, "it is a noble, generous liquor, and we should be humbly thankful for it,but, as I remember, water was made before it." Clothing himself with humility, he actually wore...
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An American Biographical and Historical Dictionary: Containing an Account of ...

William Allen - North America - 1832 - 816 pages
...dined abroad, he seldom tasted any of the luxuries before , him. He drank water; and said of wine, i'it is a noble, generous liquor, and we should be humbly thankful for it,but, as I remember, water was made before it." Clothing himself with humility, he actually wore...
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Christian Examiner and Theological Review, Volume 3; Volume 21

Theology - 1837 - 424 pages
...of the grape he did not denounce, but rarely tasted it himself. ' Wine,' he was accustomed to say, ' is a noble, generous liquor, and we should be humbly...it ; but, as I remember, water was made before it.' He thought very justly, that intemperate eating deserved to be severely rebuked, no less than intemperate...
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Life of John Eliot, the Apostle to the Indians

Convers Francis - Indians of North America - 1840 - 384 pages
...of the grape he did not denounce, but rarely tasted it himself. " Wine," he was accustomed to say, " is a noble, generous liquor, and we should be humbly...it ; but, as I remember, water was made before it." He thought very justly that intemperate eating deserved to be severely rebuked, no less than intemperate...
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Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - Essays - 1841 - 324 pages
...railing or precision, his living is natural and poetic. John Eliot, the Indian Apostle, drank water, and said of wine, " It is a noble, generous liquor, and...it, but, as I remember, water was made before it." Better still, is the temperance of king David, who poured out on the ground unto the Lord, the water...
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The Library of American Biography, Volume 5

Jared Sparks - United States - 1836 - 386 pages
...of the grape he did not denounce, but rarely tasted it himself. " Wine," he was accustomed to say, " is a noble, generous liquor, and we should be humbly...it ; but, as I remember, water was made before it." He thought very justly that intemperate eating deserved to be severely rebuked, no less than intemperate...
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The Females' advocate [afterw.] The Female mission record, Volumes 3-4

London female mission - 1844 - 152 pages
...beverage but water. On one occasion, being invited to take a glass of wine and water, he replied, " Wine is a noble, generous liquor, and we should be humbly...it; but, as I remember, water was made before it. It was a saying of Cyprian, that his heart would truly be fitted to reach the full capacity and understanding,...
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