inebriety
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Thus in the allegorical Vishnuite drama called Prabodhacandrodaya and written at Kalanjar near the end of the eleventh century Buddhists and Jains are represented as succumbing to the temptations of inebriety and voluptuousness.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 by Sir Charles Eliot
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 Slason Thompson
However, 'tis expedient to be wary: Indifference, certes, don't produce distress; And rash enthusiasm in good society Were nothing but a moral inebriety.
From The Art of Public Speaking by Dale Carnagey
Poverty and crime have their origin in the corrupt heart, and their foundations are laid long and long before the first step is taken on the road to inebriety.
From Ten Nights in a Bar Room by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
The bucolic gentleman, who had completely lost his appearance of inebriety, mumbled a few incoherent words and departed.
From An Amiable Charlatan by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
