A Philosophical and Statistical History of the Inventions and Customs of Ancient and Modern Nations in the Manufacture and Use of Inebriating Liquors: With the Present Practice of Distillation in All Its Varieties: Together with an Extensive Illustration of the Consumption and Effects of Opium, and Other Stimulants Used in the East, as Substitutes for Wine and SpiritsW. Curry, jun., and W. Carson, 1838 - 745 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 74
... resembling a gourd , is made into drinking bowls and vessels for various purposes ; the bark furnishes a coarse thread , which is converted into ropes and cloth : —the small leaves afford food in times of scarcity , and are commonly ...
... resembling a gourd , is made into drinking bowls and vessels for various purposes ; the bark furnishes a coarse thread , which is converted into ropes and cloth : —the small leaves afford food in times of scarcity , and are commonly ...
الصفحة 75
... resembling gum Senegal , a sugary matter , starch , and a substance which appears to be the malic acid . * This tree , which is chiefly found in Senegal , is , in the opinion of Humboldt , " the oldest organic monument of our planet ...
... resembling gum Senegal , a sugary matter , starch , and a substance which appears to be the malic acid . * This tree , which is chiefly found in Senegal , is , in the opinion of Humboldt , " the oldest organic monument of our planet ...
الصفحة 77
... resembled cider : this fruit , when bruised and fermented with water , produced a liquor highly intoxicating . He mentions another liquor termed jin- jin - di , made from the root of a plant of that name . This root is first burned and ...
... resembled cider : this fruit , when bruised and fermented with water , produced a liquor highly intoxicating . He mentions another liquor termed jin- jin - di , made from the root of a plant of that name . This root is first burned and ...
الصفحة 78
... resembles Irish whiskey , and is preferred to European brandy or rum , because , as they pretend , it does not heat ... resemble sour mead . Lempriere 78.
... resembles Irish whiskey , and is preferred to European brandy or rum , because , as they pretend , it does not heat ... resemble sour mead . Lempriere 78.
الصفحة 79
... resemble sour mead . Lempriere asserts , that there are very few of the inhabitants who do not joyfully embrace every private opportunity of drinking wine and spirits to excess . Several of their monarchs were guilty of great ...
... resemble sour mead . Lempriere asserts , that there are very few of the inhabitants who do not joyfully embrace every private opportunity of drinking wine and spirits to excess . Several of their monarchs were guilty of great ...
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الصفحة 711 - Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; That continue until night, till wine inflame them ! And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, And wine, are in their feasts: But they regard not the work of the Lord, Neither consider the operation of his hands.
الصفحة 131 - I was stared at, hooted at, grinned at, chattered at, by monkeys, by paroquets, by cockatoos. I ran into pagodas; and was fixed for centuries at the summit, or in secret rooms; I was the idol; I was the priest; I was worshipped; I was sacrificed.
الصفحة 34 - Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations: 10 And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean; 11 And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.
الصفحة 131 - I was buried, for a thousand years, in stone coffins, with mummies and sphinxes, in narrow chambers at the heart of eternal pyramids. I was kissed, with cancerous kisses, by crocodiles; and laid, confounded with all unutterable slimy things, amongst reeds and Nilotic mud.
الصفحة 129 - If a person under its influence wishes to step over a straw or small stick, he takes a stride or a jump sufficient to clear the trunk of a tree ; a talkative person cannot keep silence or secrets ; and one fond of music is perpetually singing.
الصفحة 20 - Thus artists melt the sullen ore of lead, With heaping coals of fire upon its head; In the kind warmth the metal learns to glow, And, loose from dross, the silver runs below.
الصفحة 131 - Under the connecting feeling of tropical heat and vertical sunlights, I brought together all creatures, birds, beasts, reptiles, all trees and plants, usages and appearances, that are found in all tropical regions, and assembled them together in China or Indostan.
الصفحة 351 - I stand alone : the companions of my youth, the partakers of my sports, my toils, and my dangers, recline their heads on the bosom of our Mother. My sun is fast descending behind the western hills, and I feel that it will soon be night with me.
الصفحة 103 - I commenced with one grain ; in the course of an hour and a half it produced no perceptible effect ; the coffee-house keeper was very anxious to give me an additional pill of two grains, but I was contented with half a one, and in another...
الصفحة 8 - They went, and found a hospitable race; Not prone to ill, nor strange to foreign guest, They eat, they drink, and Nature gives the feast; The trees around them, all their fruit produce; Lotos, the name; divine, nectareous juice!