strong waters

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Perhaps only through such filters as Alexander platz will Joyce's strong waters be made potable to the public.

From Time Magazine Archive

Helms alone does not drink strong waters of any kind.

From Time Magazine Archive

Of the strong waters Lancelot and I would have none, for in those days I never touched them, nor did Lancelot.

From Marjorie by McCarthy, Justin H. (Justin Huntly)

This good Samaritan gave Harrison wine, strong waters, eight stivers, and his passage to Dover, whence he came back to Campden, much to the amazement of mankind.

From Historical Mysteries by Lang, Andrew

John Fenner, accused for being drunke with strong waters, was acquitted, it appearing to be of infirmity, and occasioned by the extremity of the cold.

From Diary in America, Series One by Marryat, Frederick