 | Theology - 640 pages
...he was told was wine and water, he replied, "Wine ! 'tis a noble, generous liquor, and we shall he humbly thankful for it; but, as I remember, water was made before it : " and water was his drink, to a degree which was far from being common even in those days. PUBLIC... | |
 | American literature - 1846 - 308 pages
...railing or precision, his living is natural and poetic. John Eliot, the Indian Apostle, drank water, and said of wine, '< It is a noble, generous liquor, and...it, but, as I remember, water was made before it." Better still, is the temperance of king David, who poured out on the ground unto the Lord, the water... | |
 | George Hood - Church music - 1846 - 268 pages
...of a feast, but partake of only one plain dish. When urged to drink wine, he would exclaim, " Wine is a noble, generous liquor, and we should be humbly...but, as I remember, water was made before it." Thus he preserved a clear head and strong health for the work that was near his heart, and in this he labored... | |
 | Charles Kittredge True - Boston (Mass.) - 1846 - 154 pages
...he allowed himself at home; and his habitual drink was water. Of wine he said, " it is a noble and generous liquor, and we should be humbly thankful...it; but, as I remember, water was made before it." He was decidedly opposed to the custom of wearing wigs, and protested against the practice of " drinking... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 354 pages
...railing or precision, his living is natural and poetic. John Eliot, the Indian Apostle, drank water, and said of wine, — "It is a noble, generous liquor,...humbly thankful for it, but, as I remember, water wa-, made before it." Better stDl is the temperance of King David, who poured out on the ground unto... | |
 | New England - 1847 - 340 pages
...stranger's house to take some drink, which he was told was wine and water, he replied, "Wine ! 'tis a noble, generous liquor, and we should be humbly...it ; but, as I remember, water was made before it," and water was his drink, to a degree which was far from being common even in those days. He was greatly... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...railing or precision, his living is natural and poetic. John Eliot, the Indian Apostle, drank water, and said of wine, " It is a noble, generous liquor, and...it; but, as I remember, water was made before it." Better still is the temperance of king David, who poured out on the ground unto the Lord, the water... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...railing or precision, his firing- is natural and poetic. John Eliot, the Indian Apostle, drank water, and said of wine, " It is a noble, generous liquor, and...it, but, as I remember, water was made before it." Better still is the temperance of king David, who poured out on the ground unto the Lord, the water... | |
 | Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...railing or precision, his living is natural and poetic. John Eliot, the Indian Apostle, drank water, and said of wine, " It is a noble, generous liquor, and...it, but, as I remember, water was made before it." Better still is the temperance of King David, who poured out on the ground unto the Lord the water... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...railing or precision, his living is natural and poetic. John Eliot, the Indian Apostle, drank water, and said of wine, " It is a noble, generous liquor, and...it, but, as I remember, water was made before it." Better still is the temperance of King David, who poured out on the ground unto the Lord the water... | |
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It is a noble, generous liquor and we should be humbly thankful for it, but, as I remember, water was made before it. 
