ardent spirits
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Yet the nation's most famous glutton spurned ardent spirits for orange juice and lemon pop.
From Time Magazine Archive
He immediately abandoned all ardent spirits, wine, and fermented liquors, and confined himself wholly to milk, vegetables, and water.
From Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages Including a System of Vegetable Cookery by Alcott, William A. (William Andrus)
They are not much addicted to ardent spirits, nor are these now supplied to them, but they have an inveterate propensity to gamble.
From Adventures Among the Red Indians Romantic Incidents and Perils Amongst the Indians of North and South America by Hyrst, H. W. G.
The promises of commercial, religious, and political tolerance had produced little effect on the more ardent spirits.
From The South American Republics Part I of II by Dawson, Thomas C.
To stop the use of ardent spirits and to encourage the cultivation of corn, were two important steps, as the Governor thought.
From The Land of the Miamis An Account of the Struggle to Secure Possession of the North-West from the End of the Revolution until 1812 by Barce, Elmore
