"Inebriation" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... and potation The hours till day were spent, Without inebriation The wine-cup gladness lent. A brimming skoal was given To Angantyr at last; So Fridthjof in this haven ...
— Fridthjof's Saga • Esaias Tegner
... she came to catch a glimpse of the Colonel, who wants to marry her. She and the Private sit on the table, and fall instantaneously in love. As soon as they are well in, the Lancers return, and ESTELLE flies. Graceless Private, having no money, pays for the co-inebriation of the entire corps, and while engaged in this praiseworthy occupation is found by the Genial Artist, who makes him promise to attend a ball at a neighboring chateau. Enter Kindly Sergeant, who arrests the Graceless Private, and puts him in the guard-house. Curtain ...
— Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 9, May 28, 1870 • Various
... entered the enchanted garden in the inebriation of delight, and quitted it in agonies of rage and shame, the most remarkable was Voltaire. Many circumstances had made him desirous of finding a home at a distance from his country. His fame had raised him up enemies. His sensibility ...
— Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) • Thomas Babington Macaulay
... a man was fined five shillings and costs for being found in a state of inebriation, when he made an elaborate appeal to their Worships (the Bench) in mitigation of damages, founded upon the extreme hardship he had undergone in being fined four several ...
— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Vol. 14, Issue 394, October 17, 1829 • Various
... time to think of that now," rejoined Arthur, as they proceeded to the boat in mutual displeasure with each other. Elizabeth perceived with alarm, that boatmen and passengers alike were in the same state of inebriation which was only too ...
— Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 • Various
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