"Drinking" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... of Haendel, were chiefly confined to excesses in eating and drinking, but for all his doubtful fidelity to his wife, he cannot have been an ideal husband, for he was of a miserly disposition, and his temper was enforced by a ruthless brutality. On one occasion the singer Rochis, being in a condition that compelled ...
— The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 1 • Rupert Hughes
... sitting on the upper step of the second flight of stairs in the late evening, just outside the door of the room where Alfred Lancaster was tossing and moaning in the grip of a heavy cold and fever. Alfred had lost his position, had been drinking again, and now had come home to his mother for the fiftieth time to be nursed and consoled. Mrs. Lancaster, her good face all mother-love and pity, sat at his side. Mary Lou wept steadily and unobtrusively. Susan and Billy were waiting for ...
— Saturday's Child • Kathleen Norris
... seen drinking and drunkenness enough that day. Wherever there was poverty he had seen viciousness flourishing. Wherever there was despair there was a drowning of sorrow in drink. They had passed scores of public ...
— The Workingman's Paradise - An Australian Labour Novel • John Miller
... speak to Augusta at once in regard to this matter of drinking. I've never approved of it for women. There are two things that cannot be denied—Augusta is obedient and she's truthful." His good-nature restored by the contemplation of these facts, he turned away determined to demonstrate his control of the situation for his own and ...
— The Lady Doc • Caroline Lockhart
... first the sweete wine, And mead eke in a maseline,* *drinking-bowl And royal spicery; of maple wood Of ginger-bread that was full fine, And liquorice and eke cumin, With sugar ...
— The Canterbury Tales and Other Poems • Geoffrey Chaucer
|
