unsober

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The questions mooted he referred to a mere monkish jealousy—an unsober gust of passion which would soon blow over.

From Luther and the Reformation: The Life-Springs of Our Liberties by Seiss, Joseph A.

Oh keep me from these unsober, distempered, mad, unruly thoughts! 

From Samuel Rutherford and some of his correspondents by Whyte, Alexander

For excess of sentiment, like all other intemperance, is the mark of that unsober and unsteady beast—the crowd.

From Old Calabria by Douglas, Norman

We must do all we have to do, while the nation is feasting and unsober.

From Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection by Landor, Walter Savage

He laments, like Heraclitus, the maudlin philosopher, at other men's mirth, and takes pleasure in nothing but his own unsober sadness.

From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various