| 单词 | toper |
| 例句 | For a while she thought of herself as a kind of medical Chaucer, whose wards thronged with colorful types, coves, topers, old hats, nice dears with a sinister secret to tell. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z His drinks column for the Observer's food magazine was an engaging confection of wit, doom and fantasy, as it would be from a such a seasoned toper. Troubled writer Jonathan Rendall fails to elude his final deadline 2013-02-09T23:06:27Z Meanwhile, Labour is trying to paint the prime minister as a crazed video-game addicted toper who "rants at the dispatch box", as the shadow leader of the house, Angela Eagle, put it on Thursday. Where's Vince? Cable leaves business questions to sacrificial Lamb 2012-05-24T16:12:31Z The habitually temperate man, when he does casually exceed, shows his condition very promptly; the habitual toper can dissemble it far longer. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 2012-04-25T02:01:12.830Z It was not at all strange that Hodge was very angry with the worthless old toper who had led them into this predicament. Frank Merriwell's Backers The Pride of His Friends 2012-04-14T02:00:22.840Z Perhaps the old toper had been lifting his head in a final bumper when he fell backward down the stairs and broke his neck. The House 'Round the Corner 2012-04-14T02:00:22.063Z An inveterate toper would have taken half-a-dozen whiskies, and carried a perfectly steady head. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z One who boozes; a toper; a guzzler of alcoholic liquors; a bouser. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z From his proneness to frequent the tavern's jovial company of topers and gamesters naturally sprang a liberal supply of drinking songs. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z Barely had Merry started to question the old toper when Hodge, Ready, and Gallup appeared, hurrying forward. Frank Merriwell's Backers The Pride of His Friends 2012-04-14T02:00:22.840Z Alcohol has been called 'negative food,' because its physiological influence torpifies the functional energy of the digestive organs, and thus, for a time, renders the toper insensible to the cravings of hunger. Health, Happiness, and Longevity Health without medicine: happiness without money: the result, longevity 2012-03-22T02:00:38.537Z There were still many abroad, belated riders exchanging last words before they parted, or topers cracking jokes through open windows; and the man was lost among these before Lady Betty had even seen him. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z And so he kept it up till late at night with the merriest of the topers. The Slaves of the Padishah 2012-03-06T03:00:24.060Z He was like a toper, who has been in drink, and on awakening out of his carousal, cannot rightly understand how matters are or have been with him. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z Five topers are sitting at a table and enjoying their punch. The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein 2012-02-02T03:04:33.900Z Every person at table was enjoined to drink wine with the Duke—a challenge which the old toper did not refuse. The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South 2012-01-24T03:00:26.933Z Why, the very toper may plead his long indulgence in the use of this article, with as much propriety. A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information 2012-01-20T03:00:11.607Z There can be no doubt that moderate drinkers find it quite innocuous, but it is otherwise with confirmed yankona topers, who are easily recognized. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z From all I hear—for I have never seen the man—a king of guzzlers and topers, and the meanest of mankind. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z “Rose has no spiritual outlook,” she observed one evening, over the nightly glass of hot water which she sipped with an enjoyment a toper might evince while imbibing his grog. Imprudence 2011-12-01T03:00:19.303Z Claire had a feeling, as she looked at him, that he was a reformed toper. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z Could you see the mind configurations of an assembly of surface earth topers, you would perceive a class of beings as much distorted mentally as are these physically. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z Besides herself and her daughter, there dwelt in the cottage old Chwedor, her servant, whose hair had grown gray in the service of others, and who was also a little deaf, and a great toper. Iermola 2011-10-06T02:00:40.637Z Unlike the other topers, he was a sardonic critic. Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front 2011-09-09T02:01:03.463Z An old toper bought a bottle of rum, and the by-standers jokingly asked him what he would do if he were attacked on the road. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z She was a foine-lukin’ woman, an’ now her eyes is all swelled up, an’ her nose the color of an ould toper. In Wild Rose Time 2011-08-01T02:00:13.473Z Such creatures must have throats of tin; the oldest topers among us could not bear a glass of three-six without being upset. The Blockade of Phalsburg An Episode of the End of the Empire 2011-07-27T02:00:39.197Z Believe him not, he is drunk!" cried the bishop's famulus with eagerness; "the ale speaks through him; he exercises his office, and expounds law and justice like a toper and partizan. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 3 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:24.890Z One thing, however, presumption was all in favour of its veracity, so they gave the old toper the benefit of the doubt—in the wrong direction. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z I am the Prince of fooling, Here, o'er the topers ruling; And ye the gods do send on, My Princeship to attend on. The Student-Life of Germany 2011-07-03T02:00:09.143Z Spirit and water combined, says the toper, are two good things spoiled; and how do light and air mix? Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z Yes! he, the famous toper and gourmet of St. James's, relished this homely fare, as it passed through the insensible lips of his mask to the palate. The Happy Hypocrite A Fairy Tale For Tired Men 2011-06-24T02:00:21.977Z “That is reasonable,” exclaimed a broad-shouldered, stout fellow, who was regarded as the chief toper and good-for-nothing in the village. The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z But there were no canteens in these rugged strongholds, and the very limited supply of liquor that could be smuggled in was but as a drop in the bucket to this habitual old toper. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Wo to him that falls into the hands of a thorough toper, who is inclined to run him hard. The Student-Life of Germany 2011-07-03T02:00:09.143Z But he also fell into the evil ways of gilded youth, soon achieving notoriety as a toper, gambler, and courreur des femmes. Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy 2011-05-17T02:00:20.900Z Very few of us taste the tariff in our sugar; and I suppose that even very thoughtful topers do not perceive the license-tax in their whiskey. Congressional Government A Study in American Politics 2011-04-15T02:00:18.863Z I read it over half a dozen times, even after I knew it all, just as an unalterable toper touches his lips to the glass after emptying it. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z The poem might be called The Paradise of Drunkards, or their Hell; for it consists of a succession of scenes in which intoxication in all stages and topers of every caliber are introduced. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z Thus, it is worse to be a toper or habitual drunkard than to be an occasional drunkard, and worse to go on a long spree than to be drunk only for an evening. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z An opinion is like a jug of beer: the foaming head attracts the youth; the old toper blows it off.' A Practical Novelist 2011-02-19T03:01:38.957Z What good does that do?——Why should we sit, two living men and a corpse, together in a churchyard at two o'clock in the morning if we want to quarrel like topers! The Awakening of Spring A Tragedy of Childhood 2011-02-13T03:00:19.567Z He thrust the casket toward Swinton, and laughed in toper glee when the captain explored vainly its smooth shell for a manner of opening it. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z A policeman came for poor Robert, and my father was very sorry for the man, even though he were a sad dog, and a notorious toper of ale. Far Off Things 2011-02-04T03:00:19.967Z These were the confirmed old topers, who had imbibed so much of the ambrosial dew that their bodies had grown fat and unwieldy, and had very large stomachs. Fairy Tales From all Nations 2011-01-16T03:00:21.797Z So, like a toper who seeks intoxication in a new drink, she greedily devoured another book. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z I am always at home in the mornings—to pupils only—and generally at home in the afternoon to pupils and topers and Lushingtons. The Ivory Gate, a new edition 2010-12-25T03:00:10.617Z “By the standards of days gone by I was not even remotely a toper,” he wrote, using a British colloquialism for a heavy drinker. Blair?s Memoirs Reveal ?Tears? but No Regrets on Iraq 2010-09-01T13:00:00Z For this reason, an Arab toper, who had nothing, it appears, but wine to enjoy, exclaimed,— "Ho! give me wine to drink; and tell me, 'This is wine.'" The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments A brave old toper! with something pathetic in this last defiance, for all its sordidness. A Blot on the Scutcheon Leo leaned against the window-ledge so that he could look in on the topers at his ease. The Undying Past He was rather a quiet, maudlin sort of a toper; neither boisterous in manner, nor reckless in disposition. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 It is their best meal for the same reason that his morning dram is the toper's best drink. The Science of Being Well He took a seat in the farthest corner from the topers, with his back turned to them, put down his knapsack, and bowed his head in his hands. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers And I vowed “’Twill be said I’m a fortunate fellow, When the breakfast is spread, When the topers are mellow, When the foam of the bride-cake is white, and the fierce orange-blossoms are yellow!” Rhyme? And Reason? You shall not acquire the name of a toper in my employ. The Progressionists, and Angela. "I confide an important prisoner to you and you prove unable to watch him ... you miserable tonsured idlers ... topers and do-nothings!" The Abbatial Crosier or Bonaik and Septimine. A Tale of a Medieval Abbess "Have you managed to finish this measure by yourself, reverend Sir?" he asked of the complacent toper. Klytia A Story of Heidelberg Castle The sight of the blood had excited them, for these people love blood as the toper loves wine. Bye-Ways O, yes," replied Pranken, "the old topers drink as a matter of business, but without any poetry. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine What is the difference between a wealthy toper and a skillful miner? The Handbook of Conundrums Wi' wine like that before ane," responded the baron, "the topers alongside o' ye may be Frenchmen or Dutchmen, warriors or warlocks, wraiths or wassailers, merchants or mahouns—a's alike. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative I drank the contents hastily off, lest any one should come in upon us and set me down as a toper. International Short Stories English They were an ever-present danger to old topers crawling home from the village ale-house, and to dirty little boys playing marbles or making mud pies in the street. Christopher Crayon's Recollections The Life and Times of the late James Ewing Ritchie as told by himself The courage of the toper was tried in the attempt to toss off the glass in such a manner as to prevent the flap-dragon doing mischief—raisins in hot brandy being the usual flap-dragons. Folk-lore of Shakespeare What is the difference between a chess-player and an habitual toper? The Handbook of Conundrums Oh, mad, sir, mad," rejoined the toper—"reading the Bible all day, and cooped up in the asylum yonder. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative If there is an old toper present, or a young toper, let 'em take the warning of an old man who has been awatching the gradual down fall of moderate drinkers for threescore years. Little Wolf A Tale of the Western Frontier For office he 'bums' as a toper 'bums' for the satisfying dram. Ku Klux Klan Its Origin, Growth and Disbandment At times he seems to listen to the conversation of the two topers. The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres He poured a little liquor in a saucer and set it down on the floor before the dog, who lapped it up with all the relish of a seasoned toper. My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia It looks like some red-nosed old toper who has powdered his face. Timar's Two Worlds With all this drollery Lane kept himself well out of mischief, and was moreover, in days when young and old were more or less inclined to be topers, a strictly temperate man. English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. Fray Diego performed the ceremony, as he enjoyed great prestige among the officers for being the strangest priest and the most inveterate toper of the capital. The Grandee He was, besides, a mighty toper; he could sit at wine until the day dawned, and pass directly from the table to the Bench with a steady hand and a clear head. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston It is said that there once lived a jolly toper named Toby Fillpot. The Spectacle Man A Story of the Missing Bridge Long before Mr. Finsbury had reached Nijni-Novgorod with the income of one hundred and sixty pounds, the company had dwindled and faded away to a few old topers and the bored but affable Watts. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) Why is an interesting book like a toper's nose? Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 Now and then a ray of light was cast upon the mud and puddles when the door of a tavern, where sailors and topers quarrelled and rioted, was thrown open. Skipper Worse I know topers in New York who have noses exactly like his. Mark Mason's Victory Anyway, the alferez was accustomed to drown the sorrows of unhappy wedlock by getting as drunk as a toper. Friars and Filipinos An Abridged Translation of Dr. Jose Rizal's Tagalog Novel, 'Noli Me Tangere.' She preaches in the style of the auction room, she beats drums and shakes tambourines in the streets, she affects criminals and dotes on vice, she bustles about the reformation of confirmed topers. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) At clubs and gatherings any member would toast his idol in a bumper, and then another champion would enter his peerless Dulcinea in two bumpers, to be routed by the original toper taking off four. James Boswell Famous Scots Series You see more drunken people in a week in New York than in a year in Paris, and more people who, if not drunk, are unmistakable topers. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877 Every person at table was enjoined to drink wine with the duke—a challenge which the old toper did not refuse. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges O son of Jupiter, thy deity, And sovereign power, we own, and aid divine; Nothing but heaps of jolly topers slain I see extended on the plain, Floating in ruddy streams of reeking wine. Ebrietatis Encomium or, the Praise of Drunkenness Well, lads, let's join the ladies: I'm none of your steady-going old topers. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875 Perched on the high stools which allowed them to lean on the rail of the bar the two topers solemnly clinked glasses. A Nest of Spies It was the dolorous hour when the landlord of The Lucky Digger, obliged by relentless law, reluctantly turned into the street the topers and diggers who filled his bar. The Tale of Timber Town She was conscious that the two topers had paused in mid-drink and were looking her way with a grinning, alcoholic curiosity. Counsel for the Defense It may thus be prescribed for hard drinkers to counteract the baleful excitability produced by alcohol; in fact, many topers taper off after a long debauch with coffee containing small amounts of alcoholic beverages. All About Coffee Then, if the mermaids are anywhere near us, they may smell the fragrant fumes which tell of sacrifice to Bacchus, and may hear, shortly afterwards, the muse of song invoked by cheerful topers. Rambles Beyond Railways; or, Notes in Cornwall taken A-foot Of social games played by the topers we mention, besides the complicated kottabos, the games played on a board or with dice. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life Dear friends are full of horror, Predict a toper's end for me. Jewish Literature and Other Essays Look you, Master Droop," said the delighted old toper, leaning back against the wall as he beamed across the table at his companion, "look you! The Panchronicon "Nothing to be ashamed of, my poor old toper," said Bones honestly in error. Bones in London Being at length all safely stowed in the Actæon's jolly-boat,—for in what other could so noble a band of topers have been appropriately embarked?— Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833 Games of hazard with dice and astragaloi were most likely greater favorites with the topers than the intellectual ones hitherto described. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life The toper did not care, he nursed his bottle and let the world say what it would; but the moderate drinker was abashed. The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia They begin the year with the glass in their hands; that is a good beginning for topers. What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales Ah, Rob Paterson, my once cherished toper," replied the stranger, "I sorrow for thy change. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17 This does not look like an habitual toper. Stories of Authors, British and American In fact, this is the reason why it is used by hardened old topers whose stomachs are no longer capable of intoxicating stimulation from whisky. Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say The Earth was beginning to drink up the dews, like an insatiate toper as she is. The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 1 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... They wandered along without knowing whither they were going, till they came to a small public house, which had a bench in front of it for the accommodation of the topers who frequented the bar-room. Up The Baltic Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark No! no! a toper Master Junco is not; he is too sane a bird for that! Our Bird Comrades "I couldn't endure the wear and tear of this hard work without it," replied the toper. The Printer Boy. Or How Benjamin Franklin Made His Mark. An Example for Youth. The man was an outrageous guzzler and toper, but Hugh prayed earnestly for him, and then asked where he was to be buried. Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England His movements were calculated to make a sensation; and, as he passed along, old topers and gay young bloods paused to glance at him. The Young Lieutenant or, The Adventures of an Army Officer By the beginning of his second session he was as able a toper as a publican could wish. The House with the Green Shutters As the girl glared at him with a flash of hatred in her eyes, he stalked into the taproom, followed by the ready topers. The Ghost Breaker A Novel Based Upon the Play The name of the firm, so well known to old topers and moderate drinkers, afforded him no light; but he knew that "Cognac" meant brandy. Little Bobtail or The Wreck of the Penobscot. The buffo was an inveterate toper who had often been placed behind bars by the police for his nocturnal excesses. The Goose Man He reached forth his hand, and grasped the slender stem of the wine-glass; but his arm trembled more than that of the most hardened toper in the group before him. The Young Lieutenant or, The Adventures of an Army Officer And the dregs of drink, a thorough toper will tell you, never leave him. The House with the Green Shutters As a toper will accept any beverage that intoxicates, so Mrs. Gusty accepted any cause that would rouse her. Mr. Opp He poured out about half a tumbler of the stuff, but he kept his hand over the glass,—he was a wily toper,—so that his host should not see how much he took. Little Bobtail or The Wreck of the Penobscot. They were made up of bankrupts, decadent students, gamblers, topers, and beggars. The Goose Man Some of them are—hic—drunken fellows, and no more fit for a command than the old topers in the streets of Richmond.” The Young Lieutenant or, The Adventures of an Army Officer Like many another robustious big toper, the Templar was a chicken at heart, and "to be in with Gourlay" lent him a consequence that covered his deficiency. The House with the Green Shutters Call it the Conscientious Toper; yet that is too common—it is the characteristic of all topers—never was one that could not find an excuse. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 Captain Chinks enlarged on this point, and the toper promised to be as silent as the grave. Little Bobtail or The Wreck of the Penobscot. A little aside from these sat two old fellows, habitual topers, not in the best circumstances themselves, yet rather astonished at this dreary Stygian crew. The Goose Man “I demand satisfaction!” roared the flashy little toper. The Young Lieutenant or, The Adventures of an Army Officer Even if he's no great toper to begin with, he must show himself fond o' the dram, as a means of getting to his jo. The House with the Green Shutters Outside were benches, where topers sat, and the windows were delightfully old-fashioned, diamond-paned casements. The Opal Serpent "He ain't no boy o' mine," said the toper, with no little indignation in his tones. Little Bobtail or The Wreck of the Penobscot. Some hypocrites conceal and deny the indulgence like your secret toper; others apologize for not indulging when they are in the company of notorious but pleasing offenders, as the hypocrite feigns benevolence. On the Vice of Novel Reading. Being a brief in appeal, pointing out errors of the lower tribunal. In common with most coffee topers, I had heard much of the super-excellence ascribed to "West India coffee" and "Brazilian coffee." Woodcraft I believe that liquor intensifies whatever emotions may prevail in the mind of the toper while under its influence. Desk and Debit or, The Catastrophes of a Clerk For which charity—mythic if you like, but evermore exemplary—he remains, as aforesaid, the patron of good-Christian topers to this hour. Our Fathers Have Told Us Part I. The Bible of Amiens Squire Simonton renewed his efforts to secure the reform of the toper. Little Bobtail or The Wreck of the Penobscot. With constables, deacons, the parson, and that lab-o'-the-tongue—the tithing-man—each on the alert to keep every one from drinking but himself, the Puritan had little chance to be a toper an he would. Customs and Fashions in Old New England But there is a better berry than either for the genuine coffee toper. Woodcraft In a sober condition he would have come to grief twenty times over, but Fate always protects the toper. The Day of Wrath An’ so they go on till many of ’em becomes regular topers—that’s where it is, Jacob.” The Lively Poll A Tale of the North Sea This was a brilliant idea on the part of the toper, and Captain Chinks could not help acknowledging the force of it. Little Bobtail or The Wreck of the Penobscot. It was not so impressive to his white observers, as it suggested to them the civilised toper. The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains This last burst was too much for his remaining senses; he dropped on the floor—the proper level for all topers. Sinks of London Laid Open A Pocket Companion for the Uninitiated, to Which is Added a Modern Flash Dictionary Containing all the Cant Words, Slang Terms, and Flash Phrases Now in Vogue, with a List of the Sixty Orders of Prime Coves I carve the chicken; the corks fly, we drink like topers, we eat like ogres. Sac-Au-Dos 1907 It always irritates me when I hear these old topers excused. How Janice Day Won The toper drank again, and then Captain Chinks made him a present of what was left in the bottle. Little Bobtail or The Wreck of the Penobscot. But this act of the legislature has given great offence, and the state of Massachusetts is now divided into two very strange political parties, to wit, the topers and the teetotalers. Diary in America, Series One What a band of thirsty topers must have been employed in the nefarious burglary! Stories of Animal Sagacity Each roared a lusty challenge out, as only topers can, And sat him down and called for beer, and then the bout began. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, January 28, 1914 One of the town topers had purchased the half-gallon bottle and had hid it in a barn, fearing to take it home. How Janice Day Won Josh. swallowed down the brimming glass of pure whisky without a wink, and it must be admitted that, to his credit as a toper, he never noticed the difference. The Expressman and the Detective Unfortunately, many of these Temperance Societies in their zeal, will admit of no medium party—you must either abstain altogether, or be put down as a toper. Diary in America, Series One This caused a grievous complaint among the topers, who have great interest in the Parliament, as if they had been poisoned by port wines. The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author But he was driven to fare forth again, and again took up the life of a vagrant and a toper. Maxim Gorki “And I say,” replied Stewart, “that if you ever do get p. 359back to civilisation, you’ll be the old --- toper that ever was.” Memoirs Mrs. Maroney offered some brandy to the Madam, which she politely declined to take, but this did not in the least abash her, for she gulped down enough to stagger an old toper. The Expressman and the Detective The most inveterate toper might hesitate to enter twice if he were always met by the ugly aspect of some dark, forbidding countenance. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 1, January 1886 You know we have suspected him of that too, of late; but from what I heard he must be a regular toper. The Iron Horse Several of the more reckless among the men intimated their willingness to join the toper. Charlie to the Rescue They could not have done more if it had been the best of brandy and they the jolliest of topers! Away in the Wilderness “Ha! ha! yes, so it would,” cried Victor, tossing off a can of cold water like a very toper. The Red Man's Revenge A Tale of The Red River Flood It’s not like him—it’s not worthy of him; as for you or me, it’s nothing at all; but I feel Jacob was never meant to be a toper. Jacob Faithful You neither of you are topers, I know; so much the better. True Blue At first the bear did not like beer, but he soon learned, and would drink it down the same as any toper. Black Bruin The Biography of a Bear "Let him alone," said an old toper; and Griffith remained a good hour with his head on the table. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 Then followed a gurgling sound as the two topers filled their glasses. A Pirate of the Caribbees Now, Batchelor, fill up, old toper, and give us your verdict.” My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life Now, emblematical of her fall, as it was once of her high station, it is degraded to be the sign of an ale-house, and known to the village topers as the Magpie and Stump! Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 444 Volume 18, New Series, July 3, 1852 Silēnus was the foster-father of Bacchus, the wine-god, and is described as a jovial old toper, with bald head, pug nose, and pimply face. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 And so Mr. Jack MacKenzie continued to warn me all the way from Quebec to Montreal, mixing his metaphors as topers mix drinks. Lords of the North How often I could have flung it at the head of a confirmed toper, as he knelt at my feet to take the pledge. My New Curate Middle age with the Nipponese usually means the seasoned and steady toper. The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2) They fight and carouse at such times like regular topers. The Human Side of Animals "Any one would think you were a reformed toper, to hear you talk," he said, with a trace of a sneer. Frank Merriwell's Chums "I am an object lesson to teetotalers; a warning to topers; a modern helot made shameful to disgust youth with vice." The Silent House Step over step—day after day—with sleepless, tireless pace, While the toper sometimes looks behind and tarries in the race! Poems Teachers Ask For Selected by readers of "Normal Instructor-Primary Plans" Boy, young caterer of Falernian olden, Brim me cups of a fiercer harsher essence; So Postumia, queen of healths presiding, Bids, less thirsty the thirsty grape, the toper. The Poems and Fragments of Catullus I caught a toper alone, over his magnum of port," said a very dark Shadow; "and didn't I give it him! Cross Purposes and The Shadows The jolly topers welcomed the newcomer to share their cups. A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett I can no more resist a seed catalogue than a toper can his cup. The Hills of Hingham Addison, though he had the reputation of a toper, was respectability itself. Thackeray Seasoned toper as he was he could carry his liquor without it interfering with his head. Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera' Her drink is of the well, Where the water-cresses swell, Nor with the flowing shell Is the toper better pleased. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Therefore let wine's praise be sounded, Healths to topers all propounded; We shall never be confounded, Toping for eternity! Wine, Women, and Song Mediaeval Latin Students' songs; Now first translated into English verse When I gave him a pledge, the toper said with a —— look, "You —— —— —— ——." St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 No 1, Nov 1877 Such were flap-dragons, which were small combustible bodies fired at one end and floated in a glass of liquor, which an experienced toper swallowed unharmed, while yet blazing. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 The old toper and vagabond is usually a silent drinker. Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia The devil's in these English! those brave boys would prove stout topers if they lived. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 05 In the poems on the Order we have seen how large a space in their vagrant lives was occupied by the tavern and its jovial company of topers and gamesters. Wine, Women, and Song Mediaeval Latin Students' songs; Now first translated into English verse They were noble drinkers in the olden times, but until I began delving into literature of the subject I did not suspect that there had been any out-and-out vinegar topers. One Third Off During the festival, everyone drank; even the little boys of eight or nine years, who brought in their loads of wood, received their spirits, which they drank like old topers. In Indian Mexico (1908) Tongs, a confirmed toper, was easily persuaded to anything that guarantied hard drinking. Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia This practice is unmistakeably the origin of the toper's proverb when suffering from headache in the morning, "Take a hair of the dog that bit you." Folk Lore Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland within This Century Voice to singing boys I give, Throat to topers, may they live! Wine, Women, and Song Mediaeval Latin Students' songs; Now first translated into English verse Once a few half-sober topers screamed ribald words after her, as she stole past a low tavern. A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. My father put no restraint upon these topers. Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 Mr. Wollaston, whose face and nose was so ruddy and pimply anyone would take him for a toper, answers: "Yes, a little of that Won't do any harm, Captain!" Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative Captain Harry made a second run of it, caught his foot on the prostrate toper whom Langton had dragged out of Miss Quiney's way, and fell on his brother's neck. Lady Good-for-Nothing It was this rough toper that showed the way, and no one since has ever excelled him. A Wanderer in Holland I can no more stop plundering than a toper leave a wine-jar. A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. Not all, though, for a line of red noses and trembling hands and unsteady knees filed into the store, and not the sick people sent orders, but old topers frequented the place more and more. The Knights of the White Shield Up-the-Ladder Club Series, Round One Play The sight of whipping-posts and stocks, we learn, has stayed young men from becoming topers and drunkards. Vanishing England Nobler traits are his in later Welsh poetry; he is a mighty warrior, fighting even against a hundred, though his powers as a toper are also great. The Religion of the Ancient Celts I went to see the clean wooden cell where topers are confined until they are sober. The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People And he gave a résumé of the colonel's laughable sophistry for George's benefit,—and for mine as well, for I had paid no attention to the old toper's remarks. Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 Nickname of the poet it is applied to, a toper. A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) The din of the drinkers subsided at length, and toper after toper was helped to his bed. The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance As the toper loves his glass, So the gallant loves his lass. La Boheme Some of the topers who boast of the quantity of saké they can consume—I have heard of men declaring that they could drink twenty go—are cheated late in the evening by the waiting-maids. The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People It is an inn, and the rods are to save the panes from the impact of an excited toper's arm. The Amateur Poacher Melancholy to tell, before that fine flood of old wine, and among those portly old topers, was a lean man; who occasionally ducked in his bill. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II "Some topers from the Red Lion, that was all?" The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance My time, O ye Grattans, was happily spent, When Bacchus went with me, wherever I went; For then I did nothing but sing, laugh, and jest; Was ever a toper so merrily blest? The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2 I only heard the ticking of the clock, with the deep-drawn breathings of the sleeping topers, and the drippings of the rain, drop—drop—drop, from the eaves of the house. Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists There are bars of a quieter sort, and there are rooms where middle-aged topers meet, but these are, if possible, more repulsive than the clattering dens frequented by dissipated youths. The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour This was called a "toddy time-table," and I transcribe it here from a neat gilt-edged card for the warning and instruction of Eastern topers. Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands Or would'st thou say, light draughts betray The toper falling off? Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 He rose as if for summary vengeance, to the amazement of the quiet topers in the room. The Collectors The slothful man loves his bed; the toper his drink, because it throws him into an exhilarative and exquisite mood; the gourmand makes his stomach his god; and the sensualist thinks his delights imperishable. International Weekly Miscellany of Literature, Art, and Science — Volume 1, No. 4, July 22, 1850 But spare the young that proselyting sin, A toper's apotheosis of gin. Black Beetles in Amber Word was passed for a night raid "by representative citizens," as these topers called themselves. The High School Boys' Training Hike Every night, a large outer hut belonging to the widow, was filled with the topers of Koolfu, who kept it up generally till dawn, with music and drink. Lander's Travels The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa I don't know how long I crouched beside the stone, as drunk with joy as any hasheesh toper with his drug. Spanish Doubloons None of us may presume to cope with him in the matter of the flask and the flagon, though we number among us some jolly topers. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 Not a very alluring proposal perhaps to a civilised toper, but one which has a magical effect upon a dissipated Korak. Tent Life in Siberia With knees on the shake, and arms shrinking, He scrambles about on the slippery floor, Like a toper at large, or a mad semaphore, Half wishing he hadn't gone rinking. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, July 26, 1890 A gig and a couple of post-chaises, attended by the customary group of stablemen, topers, and gossips already stood before the house, but these were quickly deserted in favour of the more important equipage. The Castle Inn For when literature had to be judged, who could be so grim a critic as this usually lenient toper? Tommy and Grizel He was a jolly old toper: I am sorry for him. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 Grapes clustering hung o'er his grenadier cap, His blood became juice, and his marrow was sap: Till nothing was left of the muscles and bones That form'd the identical toper, Jack Jones. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 404, December 12, 1829 In front of the building, was a large arbor, wherein the topers were wont to sit, and spend the jocund night away in songs and gleeful draughts of apple brandy grog. The Life of General Francis Marion Sir George dropped from his saddle, and stooping, sought for proof of the toper's story. The Castle Inn The one toper says "fusty bandias", to which the other is obliged to reply, "strike pantnere", and the Friar passes many jests on the King's want of memory, who sometimes forgets the words of action. Ivanhoe At sight of a monk he cried out, and suddenly sobered, dropped on his knees, while the topers and roysterers staring from the open doorway fell into silence. Gathering of Brother Hilarius Personally I have seen nothing any more suggestive of the typical toper's good resolutions and sudden falling from grace. Pathology of Lying, accusation, and swindling: a study in forensic psychology He was, besides, a mighty toper; he could sit at wine until the day dawned, and pass directly from the table to the bench with a steady hand and a clear head. Weir of Hermiston The only ones that will be hurt will be the topers and seasoned drinkers of a single generation. John Barleycorn They tried it out on Spike Muldoon, that toper of renown; They put it over Grouch McGraw, the terror of the town. Rhymes of a Rolling Stone A dainty, self-conscious swaying of the hips by a woman was to him as alluring as the glint of rare wine to a toper. Sister Carrie: a Novel Some of them are sucking away like old topers. Freckles Good friend, thou art a toper and a sot— will not be the lead to hold thy swill, Nor any lead: I will arise and spill Thy silly beverage—spill it piping hot! The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 Yes, dearest, there is a kind of wine that must be made into negus for such pretty little topers as you—the 'Wine of Cyprus,' as Mrs. Browning called it. Charlotte's Inheritance What is this world good for," said the last toper, "now that we can never be jolly any more? Earth's Holocaust (From "Mosses from an Old Manse") "What has become of the old toper who lives up yonder among the chimney-pots?" cried the porter, suddenly, to the wife of his bosom. Run to Earth A Novel The butterflies are the worst old topers of them all. Freckles No delicacy of the table but may be eaten in Paris.—Are you a toper? Paris as It Was and as It Is All three were seasoned topers, so Jurgen went to bed prepared for anything. Jurgen A Comedy of Justice Push along, said the toper, the cellar's adry: There's nothing to moisten the mouth of a fly. Poems Chiefly from Manuscript I only know the lovers who come to see me by moonlight and the topers who drink their beer under my branches…. The Blue Bird: a Fairy Play in Six Acts The two men in him were at war: the high and mighty fighting-man and the confidential toper. The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea Oh! that to keep its taste the longer, we gentlemen topers had but necks some three cubits long or so, as Philoxenus desired to have, or, at least, like a crane's, as Melanthius wished his. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5 I observed that, as your true topers when they travel carry flasks, leathern bottles, and small runlets along with them, so each of them had at his girdle a pretty little pair of bellows. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 Then the toper sat down with a hiccup and felt If he'd still an odd coin in his pocket to melt, And he made a wry face, for his pocket was bare. Poems Chiefly from Manuscript He has been credited with a full moon of a face, the rubicund nose of an incorrigible toper, and thick coarse lips always apart because always laughing. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 The liquor did not seem to be much diminished for the boys' drinking, though George especially gave himself a toper's airs, and protested it was delicious after their ride. The Virginians He looked as young as a child, to show that all good topers never grow old. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5 You shake your empty noddles now, jolly topers, and do not believe what I tell you here, any more than if it were some tale of a tub. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 No matter for that, said the toper, and grinned; I had but a soak and neer rested for wind. Poems Chiefly from Manuscript And what if some toper should be seized with the freak of emptying his glass of gin or brandy into the basin,—would the fishes die or merely get jolly? Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 2. These valiant topers are in authority as judges, and they sell their judgments to get money for their debauches. Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah The trophies of a toper were curiously carved on it. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5 Another seeks to excite your compassion: "My heart cry for a bottle of rum!" and no honest toper, who has felt what that cry is, can refuse his sympathy, even if he withhold the liquor. Journal of an African Cruiser The toper said nothing but wished the quart full And swore he could toss it all off at a pull. Poems Chiefly from Manuscript There might you learn, if of two facts so instructive you were before unconscious, that— "Ben the toper loved his bottle,—Charley only loved the lasses!" Paul Clifford — Complete There might you learn, if of two facts so instructive you were before unconscious, that "Ben the toper loved his bottle,— Charley only loved the lasses!" Paul Clifford — Volume 01 Indefatigable topers, and you, thrice precious martyrs of the smock, give me leave to put a serious question to your worships while you are idly striking your codpieces, and I myself not much better employed. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5 These topers have come together to drink, for the love of the wine,—the fun is secondary. Castilian Days So has Mr. Bayham absorbed great quantities of drink; but without any visible effect on that veteran toper. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family "I am turning out a terrible tea toper," said Colville, stirring his cup in front of the old lady whom his relations to the ladies at Palazzo Pinti had interested so much. Indian Summer The result of this mixture was extremely felicitous, pleasant to the taste, and producing a tingling sensation on the coats of the stomach, uncommonly delectable to so old a toper as Hugh. Fanshawe He drank, stole, and lied to any extent, and was as well versed in vicious sins as any old toper in the regiment. Teddy's Button Doubtless he sat longest and drank least of all the topers of Naishapur, and the bell for Saki rang not from his corner half often enough to please mine host. The Book-Bills of Narcissus An Account Rendered by Richard Le Gallienne A jolly old toper! who at a pull Could drink a postilion's jack boot full, And ask with a laugh, when that was done, If the fellow had left the other one! The Golden Legend "I knew it!" said the toper to the shepherd with much satisfaction. The Great English Short-Story Writers, Volume 1 "I would not have a drunken man politer than I," he once answered me, when I asked him why he had returned the salutation of a toper. Hawthorne and His Circle An abstainer in a party of even moderate topers finds their jokes dull and their anecdotes pointless, and his principal amusement consists in his observation of their curious bluntness to the groundlessness of their merriment. Study and Stimulants; Or, the Use of Intoxicants and Narcotics in Relation to Intellectual Life I would not have you think, sir," he added, "that I am an habitual toper. Bat Wing But there was not a drop to drink on the table, except water; and the toper found it hard to lay solid foundation enough for the wine that was to follow, and grumbled inwardly. Warlock o' Glenwarlock There are too many dull topers and stupid sinners among mankind to admit of any uncertainty on these points. Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Only a very great man can paint dwarfs, idiots, topers and kings. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 06 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists If you knew a toper was to be offered as much free whisky as he could drink, you would be sure he would not come home sober. God and my Neighbour "I mean," said Lottie, panting after a desperate chase among the furniture, "to have one more spree, like the topers before they reform." From Jest to Earnest A cloud gathered, lowering and heavy, on the face of the toper. Warlock o' Glenwarlock "I knew it!" said the toper to the shepherd, with much satisfaction. Stories by English Authors: England It is said, of unpractised topers at any rate, that, after an extra indulgence, they either see nothing or see double. Personal Recollections of Early Melbourne and Victoria As I found out afterwards, Captain Robertson had been giving him strong drink on the sly, moved thereto by sympathy with a fellow toper. She and Allan I had no near neighbors, except two or three topers, whose conversation consisted for the most part of hiccups and sighs. Stories by Foreign Authors: Russian While he was gone, the time seemed to the toper endless. Warlock o' Glenwarlock It wasn't the country parson after all," said Lynde, with a laugh; "it was the village toper. The Queen of Sheba & My Cousin the Colonel In half an hour the water became limpid, and we sat beside our well, drinking, from time to time, like topers, of the sweet water. Four Months in a Sneak-Box So he acts like old topers, who, when they know the best wine, will not be put off with inferior quality. The Book of Were-Wolves A dainty, self-conscious swaying of the hips by a woman was to him as alluring as the glint of red wine to a toper. Sister Carrie The eyes of the toper glistened at the sight. Warlock o' Glenwarlock I tell you, sir," Mr. Tickler resumed, "he is an oily gentleman in very shabby clothes, and might be easily mistaken for a cross between a toper and a tinker. The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter It is considered a cooling dish, and is esteemed by the abstemious, as well as by the toper. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 All the honest topers will rally to me, and the sober Liberals will smile indulgently. Denzil Quarrier Of late Amy Hewett had become the victim of a singular propensity; whenever she could obtain vinegar, she drank it as a toper does spirits. The Nether World The alcoholshevik and the I.W.W.—the I Wallow in Wine faction—have done much to discredit the old bland Jeffersonian toper who carried tippling to the level of a fine art. In the Sweet Dry and Dry It was some years after Se-quo-yah had learned to present the bottle to his friends before he degenerated into a toper. Se-quo-yah; from Harper's New Monthly, V.41 It was with an unsteady gait that he took his first steps in the street, like the toper, who, after being shut up in a warm room, suddenly goes out into the open air. The Widow Lerouge With such antecedents to sustain me, I ought to be able to hold my own against the staunchest toper in Iceland! Letters from High Latitudes Someone might come, or Ramiro might awaken despite the potency of the wine he had been given—for on so well-seasoned a toper the most potent of wines could have but a transient effect. The Shame of Motley: being the memoir of certain transactions in the life of Lazzaro Biancomonte, of Biancomonte, sometime fool of the court of Pesaro Off he went, lounging by the road-side, talking with the wagoners, or loafing about the villages, and watching for one of those kind topers, who, rather than drink alone, invite the first-comer. Within an Inch of His Life He loved it not as a toper, but as a collector loves his pet pictures. Doctor Thorne ‘I knew it!’ said the toper to the shepherd with much satisfaction. Wessex Tales But I own you may be right about the books, for there are many sorts of intemperance, and a library is as irresistible to me as a barroom to a toper. Rose in Bloom Club waiters, the civilest, the kindest, the patientest of men, die under the infliction of these cruel young topers. The Book of Snobs On certain days, Trumence could not find either kind-hearted topers or hospitable housewives. Within an Inch of His Life And topers, tender-hearted,—regard his honest phiz, And envy times departed,—that knew a reign like his. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 4 Another thrill, and the city begins to go down, a few of the more persistent topers tossing off their liquor at the same moment. Legends and Tales Good friend, thou art a toper and a sot— I will not be the lead to hold thy swill, Nor any lead: I will arise and spill Thy silly beverage, spill it piping hot. Robert Falconer A toper several years ago in Brooklyn and New York used to make money by blowing his breath through a wire gauze and lighting it. The Silent Bullet But, in an obscure corner of the saloon, there was a little Picture excellently done, moreover of a ragged, bloated, New England toper, stretched out on a bench, in the heavy, apoplectic sleep of drunkenness. The Blithedale Romance Two societies of the village yeomanry used to meet, under the appellation of the Bedford topers, and to challenge the lovers of good ale of the neighboring villages to a contest of drinking. The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon A weak-minded man, mingling continually in the company of topers, might possibly end by giving way to drink. Novel Notes Hayes kept up his reputation as a toper, and swallowed one, two, three bottles without wincing. Catherine: a Story He had talked grandly to his fellow topers, and opened to their rustic wits a glimpse of the great world. The Path of the King I had begun to despair of meeting old Moodie, when, all at once, I recognized his hand and arm protruding from behind a screen that was set up for the accommodation of bashful topers. The Blithedale Romance Never, except once, late one night in the eighteenth century, when the toper who was Sub-Warden had spent an hour in trying to set his watch here, had she received the slightest encouragement. Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story Fortunately—for the flowers—Nature, that summer, stood drinks with a lavishness sufficient to satisfy the most confirmed vegetable toper: otherwise every plant on our boat would have died from drought. Novel Notes Long before Mr Finsbury had reached Nijni-Novgorod with the income of one hundred and sixty pounds, the company had dwindled and faded away to a few old topers and the bored but affable Watts. The Wrong Box The sopped sun—toper as ever drank hard - Stares foolish, hazed, Rubicund, dazed, Totty with thine October tankard. Poems Thomas de Vaux! stout Tom of the Gills! by the head of King Henry, thou art welcome to me as ever was flask of wine to a jolly toper! The Talisman A jolly old toper! who at a pull Could drink a postilion's jack-boot full, And ask with a laugh, when that was done, If the fellow had left the other one! The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow And now see Boniface Le Blanc bustling, as he never did for the jolliest toper. The French Revolution The pedant and the tyrant drank like old topers, who can absorb any amount of liquor—be it wine, or something stronger—without becoming actually intoxicated. Captain Fracasse "In truth I `bubble song' continually during these heavenly days, and it is as hard to keep me from the pen as a toper from his tipple." A Biography of Sidney Lanier It was not an assemblage of topers, who drank to drown sorrow, but simply a wild revelry of joy. Taras Bulba and Other Tales Fernand filled Caderousse's glass, who, like the confirmed toper he was, lifted his hand from the paper and seized the glass. The Count of Monte Cristo A good Rabelaisian tale, that must not have been wide-spread among the Danish topers, whose powers both Saxo and Shakespeare have celebrated, from actual experience no doubt. The Danish History, Books I-IX |
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