inebriety

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After this riot had continued long enough in its inebriety, the corrective came through the influence of Rubens in the North and of Lebrun in France.

From The Tapestry Book by Candee, Helen Churchill Hungerford, Mrs.

The inebriety of hope seized all the guests; as for me, I felt myself bathed in tears.

From Ten Years' Exile Memoirs of That Interesting Period of the Life of the Baroness De Stael-Holstein, Written by Herself, during the Years 1810, 1811, 1812, and 1813, and Now First Published from the Original Manuscript, by Her Son. by Stael-Holstein, Auguste Louis Baron de

Field indignantly repelled the suggestion that Nye's indiscretion was due to inebriety, but traced it to his bad health.

From Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 2 by Thompson, Slason

In the proximity of the sugar-factories many bees perish of inebriety from the molasses, of which they are extremely fond.

From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 by Humboldt, Alexander von

Was it, he wondered, the result, not of ordinary inebriety, but of the finer excesses of the soul?

From The Divine Fire by Sinclair, May