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Abstemious in herself, and in apparel void of all vain ornaments.
NO CROSS, NO CROWNWILLIAM PENN
One object that I had in view in adopting my abstemious way of life was to save a little money to buy books.
Regarded from this point of view, a broken head is a small matter indeed, in a youth of abstemious habits and healthy life.
THE RECORD OF NICHOLAS FREYDONA. J. (ALEC JOHN) DAWSON
My father was an abstemious man, and although invited to stop and liquor, declined doing so.
WITH AXE AND RIFLEW.H.G. KINGSTON
The stroke of a college boat, by no means an abstemious man at ordinary times, had been compelled to forego his usual potations.
'I BELIEVE' AND OTHER ESSAYSCYRIL ARTHUR EDWARD RANGER GULL
In training for matches be abstemious and maintain good physical condition.
PISTOL AND REVOLVER SHOOTINGA. L. A. HIMMELWRIGHT
He had inherited an ascetic vein and, in a country where wine is cheap, he was abstemious.
KIT MUSGRAVE'S LUCKHAROLD BINDLOSS
It takes a pretty well-regulated, abstemious critic to live ninety years.
MARK TWAIN'S SPEECHESMARK TWAIN (SAMUEL CLEMENS)
The Belgians are an abstemious race, and they took it beautifully.
A SURGEON IN BELGIUMHENRY SESSIONS SOUTTAR
It is carnivorous, herbivorous, and abstemious from water, requiring no other fluids than those obtained by eating roots.
BUFFALO LANDW. E. WEBB
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