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... whisky " -Its preservative qualities - Spontaneous combustion - An awful risk -A Highland funeral - Roman Catholic rag - gath- erers - The most dangerous form of drunkenness- Sabbath observance in the Highlands - Men - Super- stitions ...
... whisky " -Its preservative qualities - Spontaneous combustion - An awful risk -A Highland funeral - Roman Catholic rag - gath- erers - The most dangerous form of drunkenness- Sabbath observance in the Highlands - Men - Super- stitions ...
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... whisky , that the story is not credible . The man who has taken twenty- four tumblers is not fit to give evidence . " I need not say that I found effective reply impossible , and that we all admired the quickness and logic with which he ...
... whisky , that the story is not credible . The man who has taken twenty- four tumblers is not fit to give evidence . " I need not say that I found effective reply impossible , and that we all admired the quickness and logic with which he ...
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... whisky in the house of a farmer who was one of the school managers . In the closing prayer at the end of the second school the worthy clergy- man made special references to me , praying that I might have grace vouchsafed to me to give a ...
... whisky in the house of a farmer who was one of the school managers . In the closing prayer at the end of the second school the worthy clergy- man made special references to me , praying that I might have grace vouchsafed to me to give a ...
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... for tobacco and a dram at a feeing market . Tipsiness at a feeing market is no proof of much whisky being drunk or much money spent . Living , as a rule , most temper- ately , scarcely tasting spirits for six months , very.
... for tobacco and a dram at a feeing market . Tipsiness at a feeing market is no proof of much whisky being drunk or much money spent . Living , as a rule , most temper- ately , scarcely tasting spirits for six months , very.
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... whisky . At his wits ' end he rang the bell , and asked the servant to send up John the beadle , on whose judgment he knew he could rely . Filling a glass for John , he asked what he thought of it . " Oh , sir , it's just first rate ...
... whisky . At his wits ' end he rang the bell , and asked the servant to send up John the beadle , on whose judgment he knew he could rely . Filling a glass for John , he asked what he thought of it . " Oh , sir , it's just first rate ...
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