intemperance
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The Massachusetts Society for the Suppression of Intemperance and the Connecticut Society for the Reformation of Morals were both formed in 1813.
From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014
In 1825, Beecher delivered six sermons on temperance that were published the follow year as Six Sermons on the Nature, Occasions, Signs, Evils, and Remedy of Intemperance.
From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014
Anthony Van Dyck's forceful portrait of Engraver Paul Pontius went for $11,700; Jacob Ruysdael's cold but kindly Winter Scene for $9,600; Jan Steen's low-comedy Effects of Intemperance for $8,400.
From Time Magazine Archive
From hence he did infer, that a regular Life is an excellent Preservative against all natural Ills; and that Intemperance produces quite contrary Effects.
From Medicina Flagellata Or, The Doctor Scarify'd by Anonymous
Intemperance appears to have been the predominant evil among the clergy, as it was also among the laity.
From History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia by Campbell, Charles
Vocabulary lists containing intemperance
The Tragedy of Macbeth
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