inebriety

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This condition differs from the condition called inebriety in the fact that it is a periodical expression of degeneracy whose form has been accidently determined, but which would exist even were its form changed.

From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Talbot, Eugene S.

In two other cases nervous exhaustion from typhoid and typhus fever produced the same outcome in inebriety on the part of the father and mother.

From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Talbot, Eugene S.

However, 't is expedient to be wary: Indifference certes don't produce distress; And rash enthusiasm in good society Were nothing but a moral inebriety.

From Don Juan by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

A year or two ago I made a somewhat comprehensive European tour, and studied carefully the methods of dealing with inebriety.

From Habits that Handicap The Menace of Opium, Alcohol, and Tobacco, and the Remedy by Towns, Charles B.

I delight in localities where beautiful scenery exists, and where tired men can rest under trees without even being suspected of inebriety.

From Romance of California Life by Habberton, John