strong waters
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Helms alone does not drink strong waters of any kind.
From Time Magazine Archive
Perhaps only through such filters as Alexander platz will Joyce's strong waters be made potable to the public.
From Time Magazine Archive
The snows of more than thirty winters have whitened our valley, since we have abstained from the strong waters of the pale-faces.
From Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3 by Jones, James Athearn
His ingratitude, his treachery, his petty pilfering, his resistence of a love which the strong waters of death could not extinguish.
From Love to the Uttermost Expositions of John XIII.-XXI. by Meyer, F. B. (Frederick Brotherton)
The excise, during the civil wars, was levied on bread, flesh-meat, as well as beer, ale, strong waters and many other commodities.
From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell by Hume, David
