intemperance
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In 1825, Beecher delivered six sermons on temperance that were published the follow year as Six Sermons on the Nature, Occasions, Signs, Evils, and Remedy of Intemperance.
From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014
The Massachusetts Society for the Suppression of Intemperance and the Connecticut Society for the Reformation of Morals were both formed in 1813.
From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014
Anthony Van Dyck's forceful portrait of Engraver Paul Pontius went for $11,700; Jacob Ruysdael's cold but kindly Winter Scene for $9,600; Jan Steen's low-comedy Effects of Intemperance for $8,400.
From Time Magazine Archive
Intemperance is little seen outside the large cities, but gambling and quarreling are ever rampant among the class who frequent these posadas.
From Due South or Cuba Past and Present by Ballou, Maturin Murray
She’s brung along that book she’s agent for, ‘The Twin Crimes of America: Intemperance and Greed.’
From Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife by Holley, Marietta
Vocabulary lists containing intemperance
The Tragedy of Macbeth
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