inebriety
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Rash enthusiasm, in good society Were nothing but a moral inebriety.
From Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations by Various
The bucolic gentleman, who had completely lost his appearance of inebriety, mumbled a few incoherent words and departed.
From An Amiable Charlatan by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
The inebriety of hope seized all the guests; as for me, I felt myself bathed in tears.
From Ten Years' Exile Memoirs of That Interesting Period of the Life of the Baroness De Stael-Holstein, Written by Herself, during the Years 1810, 1811, 1812, and 1813, and Now First Published from the Original Manuscript, by Her Son. by Stael-Holstein, Auguste Louis Baron de
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 The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6 by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley
It took possession of him too thoroughly, he said, with a plausible air, to allow of his affecting inebriety after holding an empty goblet to his lips, or swallowing mere toast-and-water or small beer.
From A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character by Cook, Dutton
