 | 1805 - Liczba stron: 590
...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... | |
 | John Eliot - 1809 - Liczba stron: 528
...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... | |
 | Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn, Thomas Gray - 1830 - Liczba stron: 86
...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,... | |
 | William Allen - 1832 - Liczba stron: 820
...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... | |
 | William Allen - 1832 - Liczba stron: 816
...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... | |
 | 1837 - Liczba stron: 424
...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... | |
 | Convers Francis - 1840 - Liczba stron: 384
...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... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - Liczba stron: 324
...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... | |
 | Jared Sparks - 1836 - Liczba stron: 386
...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... | |
 | London female mission - 1844 - Liczba stron: 152
...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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It is a noble, generous liquor and we should be humbly thankful for it, but, as I remember, water was made before it. 
