 The first time I heard in the United States that a hundred thousand men had bound themselves publicly to abstain from spirituous liquors, it appeared to me more like a joke than a serious engagement ; and I did not at once perceive why these temperate...  The Metropolitan Magazine - 63. lappuse1840Pilnskats - Par šo grāmatu
 | 1849 - 602 lapas
...timo 1 heard in the United States that a hundred thousand men had bound themselves publicly to abstain from spirituous liquors, it appeared to me more like...and I did not at once perceive why these temperate citizen« could not content themselves with drinking water by their own firesides. I at lust understood... | |
 | Alexis de Tocqueville - 1840 - 546 lapas
...time I heard in the United States that a hundred thousand men had bound themselves publicly to abstain from spirituous liquors, it appeared to me more like...drunkenness around them, had made up their minds to patronize temperance. They acted just in the same way as a man of high rank who should dress very plainly,... | |
 | 1840 - 408 lapas
...time I heard in the United States that a hundred thousand men had bound themselves publicly to abstain from spirituous liquors, it appeared to me more like a joke than a serious engagement j and I did not at once perceive why these temperate citizens ceuld not content themselves by drinking... | |
 | 1841 - 668 lapas
..." I heard in the United States that a hundred thousand men had bound themselves publicly to abstain from spirituous liquors, it appeared to me more like...hundred thousand Americans, alarmed by the progress of dnuikenness around them, had made up their minds to patronize temperance. They acted just in the same... | |
 | 1848 - 594 lapas
...abstain from spirituous liquors, it appeared to me more like а joke than a serious engagement ; und I did not at once perceive why these temperate citizens...understood that these hundred thousand Americans, nlun:>ed by the progress of drunkenness around them, had made up their minds to patronise temperance.... | |
 | 1848 - 624 lapas
...I heiird in the United States thnt a hundred thousand men hnd bound themselves publicly to abstain from spirituous liquors, it appeared to me more like a joke than a serions engagement ; and 1 did not at once perceive why these temperate citizens could not content... | |
 | Alexis de Tocqueville - 1862 - 526 lapas
...time I heard in the United States that a hundred thousand men had bound themselves publicly to abstain from spirituous liquors, it appeared to me more like...drunkenness around them, had made up their minds to patronize temperance. They acted just in the same way as a man of high rank who should dress very plainly,... | |
 | Alexis Henri C.M. Clérel comte de Tocqueville - 1862 - 456 lapas
...time I heard in the United States that a hundred thousand men had bound themselves publicly to abstain from spirituous liquors, it appeared to me more like...drunkenness around them, had made up their minds to patronize temperance. They acted just in the same way as a man of high rank who should dress very plainly,... | |
 | Alexis de Tocqueville - 1863 - 526 lapas
...time I heard in the United States that a hundred thousand men had bound themselves publicly to abstain from spirituous liquors, it appeared to me more like...citizens could not content themselves with drinking water hy their own firesides. I at last understood that these hundred thousand Americans, alarmed by the... | |
 | Timothy Dwight, Julian Hawthorne - 1899 - 452 lapas
...heard in the United States n8 DE TOCQUEVILLE that 100,000 men had bound themselves publicly to abstain from spirituous liquors, it appeared to me more like...by their own firesides. I at last understood that 300,000 Americans, alarmed by the progress of drunkenness around them, had made up their minds to patronize... | |
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