| 单词 | drinking bout |
| 例句 | It’s too bad, because from all accounts knowing “Hitch” was a bracing experience, involving arguments and legendary drinking bouts that Hitchens, inevitably, would win. Christopher Hitchens, RIP 2011-12-16T14:27:21Z He rarely spoke about what he experienced, except when the flashbacks occasionally broke through from the depths of his consciousness during drinking bouts. Russia sends soldiers to war but ignores mental trauma they bring home 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z He was often in the company of beautiful women and was known for epic drinking bouts with teammates. Paul Hornung, ‘Golden Boy’ for Vince Lombardi’s Green Bay Packers, dies at 84 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z All the deaths occurred during or just after drinking bouts in which the victims consumed vast amounts of spirits in a short space of time while older students egged them on. Humiliation, homoeroticism and animal cruelty: inside the frathouse 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z The book praises Grant but also documents the general’s drinking bouts. Trump called Ulysses S. Grant an alcoholic. Here’s what historians say about that. 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” presents an all-night drinking bout in which a middle-age professor and his wife orally spar and unravel their illusions during a visit by a younger couple. Virginia Woolf’ playwright Edward Albee dead at 88 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z But that was either because of drinking bouts or, in at least one instance, an undisclosed heart attack. Moscow Wonders: Where’s Putin? 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z It's possible that the intensity of drinking bouts might play a role in risk for the condition, the Swedish researchers said. Even Moderate Drinking Might Raise Odds for Irregular Heartbeat 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z The Hangover: Part N+1 Developing a hangover doesn't prevent or even significantly delay the next drinking bout. The Hangover: Part N+1 2014-03-11T19:18:00Z This is no ghosted part-work, overfilled with self-justification and interminable anecdotes of parties and tour drinking bouts, which so often are passed off as intimacy and self-revelation. John Crace surveys the past year's cricket books for Wisden 2013-04-11T07:00:02Z But it was not to be supposed that they really cared for abysms or mystical mathematics, or that they were not a great deal more zealous for suppers, and drinking bouts, and boating parties. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z His chief pleasures seemed to be—a ride into the country to a grinning match, a jolly dinner with a drinking bout after it, and a mad scamper home with a flounce in the mud. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z In his feasts and his drinking bouts we find none of that robust and full-toned mirth, which reigned at the rude carousals of our barbaric ancestry. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z A conflict; contest; attempt; trial; a setÐto at anything; as, a fencing bout; a drinking bout. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z But he did begin to have dreadful drinking bouts. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z It remains a matter of surprise that Lincoln was able to retain his popularity with the hosts of young men of his own age, and still not join them in their drinking bouts and carousals. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:35.370Z Now, for the only time in his life perhaps, we find him engaged reluctantly in drinking bouts, the necessary discipline of a military mess in those days. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z To the feast succeeds a prolonged drinking bout, the guests sucking up the liquor through straws or canes from the jars which contain it. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z This sentence is probably a play on the old German Zeche, mine, this being also a term for a drinking bout. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z I wanted to make a vocabulary of the Metomi language the next day, but the whole village had a drinking bout, and every one was incapacitated during the rest of our stay. My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga Hills 2011-10-26T02:00:28.847Z Long years after, amid the revelry of a drinking bout, Alboin had the ghastly cup filled with wine, and bade his wife bear it around to his chosen warriors. The Byzantine Empire 2011-10-16T02:00:16.630Z The others continued their drinking bouts and heavy slumbering, whereof the unhappy wives never ceased to complain. Flemish Legends 2011-10-10T02:00:21.467Z The marriage ceremonies are very elaborate, and conclude with two great feasts or drinking bouts, one in the house of the bride’s father, the other in the house of the bridegroom. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z He would sell the diamond to a canteen-keeper he knew of, and have one last drinking bout and then farewell to the white man and his troublesome ways. Luck at the Diamond Fields 2011-10-06T02:00:43.067Z Two hundred pounds, he reflected, would not only buy the new boat he wanted, but would enable him to extend his present drinking bout another week. In Strange Company A Story of Chili and the Southern Seas 2011-08-16T02:00:46.397Z Here the dead were continuing the drinking bouts they enjoyed on earth. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z He was poisoned by some of his followers at a drinking bout. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z It was not yet one o'clock and the jailer who had been to a drinking bout with the soldiers had not gone to bed. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z Now began a drinking bout such as had never been before. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z Reivers had apparently unconsciously passed the challenge to him, and it was not in his nature to play second to any man in a drinking bout. The Snow-Burner 2011-05-17T02:00:21.527Z He was sobering up after a drinking bout. The Five Arrows 2011-04-21T02:00:45.940Z He fell into the habit of stealing out at night and engaging in long drinking bouts at the village tavern. Seeing Things at Night 2011-04-10T02:00:05.360Z He refused, and she went on a prolonged drinking bout. A Daughter of the Vine 2011-03-09T03:00:47.790Z In passing the room where Ferdinand was still sleeping off the effects of his drinking bout, he beat a tattoo on the door with his stick, but got no answer. More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z His triumph over Moir in the drinking bout had been in vain. The Snow-Burner 2011-05-17T02:00:21.527Z A fever seized him after a drinking bout in Babylon and he died in 323 B.C. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z It is a particular kind of drinking bout, in which the students from one section, or of one society, unite. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z If this were the case, she would have a bad day of it; he was always so fretful and peevish on the day that followed a drinking bout. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z He found a crowd of acquaintances in the dining-room; the tables were set in one long row and lavishly provided with bottles of wine, mostly champagne, and the preparations seemed to promise a drinking bout. More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z That table was the scene of many drinking bouts and heavy sentences, of which it still bore the marks in wine and ink. The Village Notary 2011-01-03T03:00:57.863Z But the real business of the Network takes place during the less formal chats at dinners and coffee breaks—and at late-night drinking bouts, members say. Corruption Fighters Band Together 2010-07-07T03:35:00Z Fritz, the head waiter at the Prussian Crown, had not been paid for the last drinking bout. The Undying Past Even Pedro, the half-caste, might have dispensed with the day’s drinking bout had his cup been fashioned of the magic crystal which enables credulous people to see future events in its shadowy mirror! The Great Mogul Lem's temper was bad from the effects of his drinking bout, and as ill-luck would have it, the boy was the victim of it. Left on the Prairie Let's go as we are; how can we be better dressed for a drinking bout than in riding attire? The Man Who Rose Again Three years later the same prince journeyed to Stettin for no other purpose than to have a drinking bout with some of the courtiers. Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster These scenes took place among the aristocracy and the gentry as well as among the lower classes, and they culminated in a general drinking bout on the day of the interment. Friend Mac Donald Still treats of naught but of drinking bouts, and how to be rid of parsons thereat Chap. xxxi.: The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim Besides great hunting parties and drinking bouts, there were also great court festivals; masquerades, knightly exercises, and prize-shooting had become the fashion, especially at coronations, marriages, christenings, and visits of ceremony. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. His Princely Highness expected also a good present, but got nothing but a good drinking bout. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. I. But the drive didn't seem long; on the way I renewed another old acquaintance, that of our little Jean, who's grown taller since his unlucky drinking bout, but is not much more mature. The Children of the World To wind up the festival a great drinking bout was held, when canoesful of piwarree, the Indian's beer, were drunk, and every one made merry. The West Indies and the Spanish Main They were particularly anxious to make him a companion in their drinking bouts. The Book of Courage They fought in rounds, by cut and thrust, and a well-settled duel never failed to be followed by a reconciliatory drinking bout. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. Few contracts were ratified in those days without the solemnity of a drinking bout, and the habits of the O'Donoghue household were none of the most abstemious. The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago It was beginning to get dark, so long had the drinking bout above his head detained him a prisoner. Felicitas A Tale of the German Migrations: A.D. 476 Oh no, it wasn’t a mere drinking bout. The Woodlands Orchids A few days after, his drinking bout being over for the time being, Donovan Ryan sat over the kitchen fire watching his wife's preparations for tea. For John's Sake and Other Stories. There was much deep drinking, and only the most refined withdrew from drinking bouts. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. As my scattered senses began to collect, I hoped against hope that these men would keep up their drinking bout until not one of them would be able to stand. My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia The captain was curt and irritable after his prolonged drinking bout, and answered chiefly in monosyllables. Doubloons—and the Girl Sprot then writes that ‘about the time of the conspiracy,’ Logan, with Matthew Logan, rode to Dundee, where they enjoyed a three days’ drinking bout, and never had the Laird such a surfeit of wine. James VI and the Gowrie Mystery And the hold-over from his drinking bout of the evening before made Dusty unrestrained in his protests. Wunpost On the ride home to his father and foster sister Rosalinde he was urged by two student acquaintances to a little drinking bout, at which he partook of more wine than was good for him. Sleep Walking and Moon Walking A Medico-Literary Study For two weeks, morning, noon and night, Jake indulged in a horror of a drinking bout. My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia After supper the Count and the Captain sat over their wine in a manner which showed a long drinking bout to be their regular evening custom. The Bright Face of Danger Being an Account of Some Adventures of Henri de Launay, Son of the Sieur de la Tournoire A boisterous, blue-eyed boy of heroic stature, he was the joy of Downey's, brim-full of the fun of life and the hero of unnumbered drinking bouts in the not so very distant past. The Preacher of Cedar Mountain A Tale of the Open Country Others, having brought along their bottles, indulged in drinking bouts. Orphans of the Storm I take the chair at noisy drinking bouts, Spend thirty pence a month. L'Aiglon Creation of hereditary alcoholic blastophthoria, either as the result of a single drinking bout, or from habitual drunkenness. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study In his drinking bouts I was with him, and when he insisted on poker and other gambling I was there to take a hand. The Golden Woman A Story of the Montana Hills Some biographers say that the meeting was associated with a drinking bout—there is no reason to believe that either of his distinguished visitors would have been averse from one. William Shakespeare His Homes and Haunts Well, it is just a year since Hanson had his last drinking bout. The Spoilers of the Valley Just before I left the Mission for Quebec, Teganouan went on an errand to the city and fell among some of our fellow-countrymen who were having a drinking bout. The Road to Frontenac Every day a drinking bout in the castle! Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 They married and indulged in drinking bouts and predatory expeditions. Belgium From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day She knew that in the somber moods following a drinking bout the lawlessness of Beauchamp Lee was most likely to crop out. Brand Blotters For twelve weeks he had circled the dull round of ship routine, with never shore leave that was long enough for an ordinary drinking bout. The Pagan Madonna GOD prosper long from being broke, The Luck of Edenhall; A doleful drinking bout I sing, There lately did befall. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 6, June 1810 I have been guilty of folly enough already, when I joined with you gentlemen in drinking bouts that end by becoming coarse brawls. Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 Because he could not persuade him to join in their drinking bouts, Stone nicknamed Curly the good bad man. Crooked Trails and Straight For the sake of the fees they frequently order religious festivals, which are joyfully hailed by the Indians, because they never fail to end in drinking bouts. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests But he and the child had plenty of good friends; and then, one day, when Armitage awakened to sanity after a long drinking bout, he found that both Amona and the child had gone. Âmona; The Child; And The Beast; And Others From "The Strange Adventure Of James Shervinton and Other Stories" - 1902 He had spent Sunday in a drinking bout, turning over all possible plans of vengeance and evasion. Robert Elsmere And thus, while the merry staff tippled in the mansion, outside the house there began a drinking bout among the troops. Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 Mr Brett describes a curious trial of strength which the Guaranis exercise at their drinking bouts. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America Every one of their often-recurring festivals is celebrated by a drinking bout, at which enormous quantities of brandy and chicha are consumed. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests At one of their drinking bouts of those days William Clerk, Sir P. Murray, Edmonstone, and Abercromby, being of the party, the sitting was prolonged to a very late hour, and Scott fell asleep. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume I (of 10) But I am not here to talk of Monsieur La Mothe's drinking bouts, though they explain much. The Justice of the King He secretly, however, determined to refuse, because he knew well that a mere harmless feast was not intended, but rather a smoking and drinking bout. St. Winifred's, or The World of School Sometimes he won't speak to a soul for a week at a time; then he has a drinking bout, and goes off his head entirely. Tom Gerrard First, he engaged in occasional 'drinking bouts,' next in gaming; lastly, he frequented a house of ill fame. The Young Man's Guide The three begin in unison, andante, whence the 'cello breaks away, followed soon by the others, into the joviality of a drinking bout. Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions And all the braves care for is hunting and drinking bouts. A Little Girl in Old Quebec Equally at home in a lady's boudoir, or a fools' drinking bout. Under the Rose And he replied, "Nothing, but that there is an old man at Athens that can hold his tongue at a drinking bout." Plutarch's Morals It was rather early in the day for a drinking bout. Rookwood Every sign of a bad drinking bout, I was saying to myself, feeling quite amused at the notions of that Franklin. Chance A Tale in Two Parts But when Craney mentioned Sanchez, the ghost and the drinking bout by night at the rookery, Case said he must have been nigher to jimjams than he'd got in a year. Tonio, Son of the Sierras A Story of the Apache War Each thinks the other the hardest case at a drinking bout he has ever come across; wondering he is not dead drunk, though knowing why he is himself sober. The Death Shot A Story Retold And so Bias, being silent at a drinking bout, and jeered at by some young man in the company as stupid, replied, "What fool could hold his tongue in liquor?" Plutarch's Morals To Louvain is applied what formerly was said of Holland: there are too many compotations; nothing can be done without a drinking bout. Erasmus and the Age of Reformation Two of those companions of his nightly drinking bouts at Perm were named Rouchine and Yepantchine, brawny fellows whose evil life was almost as notorious as Rasputin's. The Minister of Evil The Secret History of Rasputin's Betrayal of Russia The ceremony concludes with the usual feast and drinking bout. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II He then returned to the dinner-room, where the drinking bout had assumed a formidable character, and others, as well as the apothecary, began to feel the influence of their potations. Handy Andy, Volume One A Tale of Irish Life, in Two Volumes Believe me when I tell you that I never join Morley in any of his sinful doings, especially his drinking bouts. The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands A certain drinking bout in 1858, however, had most serious consequences; one student died as the result, and this, with the resultant expulsions, seems to have had a very restraining influence for some years. The University of Michigan We could soon deal with them after one of their drinking bouts; but the mischief is that Jarette is a cool, calculating man, and sober to a degree. Sail Ho! A Boy at Sea In the old days the rural voter got a jollification, a drinking bout, and some hard cash for his vote; now he can almost obtain an Act of Parliament. Fragments of Two Centuries Glimpses of Country Life when George III. was King He had pictured himself posing as a daredevil, and he went about his duties with a chastened mien, mistaken by the men, experts in such matters, for the reaction after a drinking bout. The Skipper's Wooing, and The Brown Man's Servant They are in for a drinking bout now, and God knows what they'll do before it's ended. The Moving Finger A Trotting Christmas Eve at Warwingie Lost! The Loss of the "Vanity" Dick Stanesby's Hutkeeper The Yanyilla Steeplechase A Digger's Christmas His injured eye and general appearance required some explanation and a drinking bout with some of the University students was given as the cause. Rabbi and Priest A Story And his excitement had suddenly died down, and he had stopped what might have developed into a drinking bout by saying that he must go home. The Borough Treasurer "High, Your Honor, high," some flunkey of the drinking bout would bawl back. Lords of the North One morning in 1767, after a drinking bout, he is found across the river, lying in camp, with his skull split to the neck. Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom These they would afterwards dispose of for money, and then have a 'batter,' which, as Dr. Todd, of Trinity College, Dublin, truly says, is a 'drinking bout.' A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide The following morning Iémon sat brooding, mind and tongue clouded by the drinking bout of the previous night. The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2) When a ship came into the coast, these men would think nothing of coming aboard and spending thirty and forty pounds on rum and punch at a single drinking bout. The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers The man should have been put into it and buried at once without any drinking bout and dead wake, I reflected with some sharpness, as I rubbed my bruised shins and shoved the box aside. Lords of the North I have never done such a thing in my life before, but this is not a drinking bout; it is a very serious conference. The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont Moreover, he causes scandals by his drinking bouts, and does not add to the harmony of the place. Both Sides the Border A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower He described the drinking bout which followed, in which he and Graines had pretended to join, stating the information he had obtained from them. A Victorious Union It goes without saying that quarrels sometimes result from these drinking bouts, though not oftener, I venture to say, than among more highly cultured peoples in other parts of the world. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir Moreover, Rofflash's shrewd guess at Vane's absence of will power after a drinking bout was verified to the letter. Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera' There is but one pleasant moment in a drinking bout, and men make themselves stupid by trying to make that fleeting moment permanent. The Chequers Being the Natural History of a Public-House, Set Forth in a Loafer's Diary He'd given the bag to the plantation manager, what was his outlandish name, Dosu Golan, to keep for him before the drinking bout had begun. Time Crime The plantation house became in time a rendezvous for all the wild spirits of that neighborhood, and stories of fierce drinking bouts and mad gambling were current in St. Louis. The Devil's Own A Romance of the Black Hawk War Hence, on every occasion that a supply of these may be obtained, there is a drinking bout. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir The whole congregation, men and women, dance about this strange maypole, and a great drinking bout, in which all men and women alike join, ends the feast. Ancient Art and Ritual His constitutions forbid the clergy to haunt taverns, to gamble, to share in drinking bouts, to mix in the riot and debauchery of the life of the baronage. History of the English People, Volume II The Charter, 1216-1307; The Parliament, 1307-1400 One night he was made king of the feast, at a drinking bout, and went forth, at the head of his companions, to pour forth their songs into the sweet Italian moonlight. The House of Walderne A Tale of the Cloister and the Forest in the Days of the Barons' Wars After the Saturday's drinking bout and incidental combat the keelman had Sunday in which to cultivate the graces. The Romance of the Coast The pages waited at the top of the stairs, listening for the bursts of merriment which were the usual accompaniments of the jester’s drinking bouts; but all was silent as the grave. Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine Having made this arrangement they took their seats, and the drinking bout proceeded. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 By this time Hardum, the stockman, was awake, and repentant, as most men usually are after a drinking bout. The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia To this day, it is an opinion among the peasantry in many parts of Ireland, that there is something unfortunate connected with all drinking bouts held upon Christmas Eve. The Hedge School; The Midnight Mass; The Donagh Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three Whenever the adherents of the various Tzaddiks met, they invariably engaged in passionate "party" quarrels, which on occasions, especially after the customary hasidic drinking bouts, ended in physical violence. History of the Jews in Russia and Poland. Volume II From the death of Alexander I. until the death of Alexander III. (1825-1894) This word seems to be used in the sense of a drinking bout. The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson There were drinking bouts, absolute drunkenness, in which, according to the Johnsonian tradition and that of Messieurs Rabelais and Molière, the weary intellect and one's guiding genius were immersed in a comforting Lethe of rye. Twelve Men He seldom was present at drinking bouts; and though he drank wine, it was in moderation, and he carried it well. The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes He had heard that the old man had been invited to a drinking bout at a fisherman's but here in the Ashdales, but so far he had not seen him go by. The Emperor of Portugalia These ceremonies began with a great drinking bout arranged at the youth's expense. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante) These moods of black despondency he varied by turbulent spirits, when he would be the gayest of the gay, and would challenge his fellow-guests to drinking bouts, in which he always came off the victor. Love Romances of the Aristocracy However when the oracular responses of the gods about Hephæstion were reported to him, he laid aside his grief somewhat, and again indulged in feasts and drinking bouts. Plutarch's Lives Volume III. The village inn has been suppressed, and the drinking bouts are over. The Parish Clerk The death of his wife gave a severe shock to his constitution, and a violent drinking bout on a visit to Baltimore led to his death from brain fever in the hospital there. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature Give a shout upon the way to Charinades our neighbor, To join our drinking bout to-day, since heaven is pleased to bless our labor. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 He had spent, in acts of folly and in drinking bouts, the greater part of his patrimony, and the remainder, invested in land, produced a ridiculously small income. Against the Grain Then a lad brings the intelligence that his parent is just recovering from a heavy drinking bout and will be back soon. Hodge and His Masters He had won it in a drinking bout. McClure's Magazine December, 1895 He was sent on a mission to Ratisbon, where he broke his neck when lighting his guests downstairs after a drinking bout. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature But he never settled down anywhere for long because about twice a year, or even oftener, he had a drinking bout, and then besides spending all his clothes on drink he became turbulent and quarrelsome. Master and Man As to drink, I fancy it is six of one and half a dozen of the other; but the English are more given to eternal drams, and the Dutch to solemn drinking bouts. Letters from the Cape For that matter, that was my last drinking bout of any sort. John Barleycorn But the bell was rung and the nags were out, Excepting an old outsider Whose trainer started an awful rout, For his boy had gone on a drinking bout And left him without a rider. Rio Grande's Last Race & Other Verses He had bit the heel of more than one man in his drinking bouts. Way of the Lawless He appears to be a workingman who got himself into trouble over a drinking bout. The Mystery of the Four Fingers For so much did I fear that you would be sure to refuse if I openly asked you to a drinking bout, that I thought it fit to say what I did. Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Then, too, with the certitude of long training and unholy intimacy, there were occasions when I engaged in drinking bouts with men. John Barleycorn They talk of his drinking bouts, of his plunges into French dissipation. The Mischief Maker This conversation took place after a drinking bout in the presence of witnesses. A Desperate Character and Other Stories He had spent Sunday in a drinking bout turning over all possible plans of vengeance and evasion. Robert Elsmere Soon after his return, on this day, from a drinking bout out of doors, he came to see his mother; but finding Pao-ch'ai in her rooms, they exchanged a few irrelevant remarks. Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books They hadn't made a fool of me in that drinking bout. John Barleycorn He and his fellow senator, Caius Balbus, had passed the night in one of those gloomy drinking bouts to which the Emperor Domitian summoned his chosen friends at the high palace on the Palatine. The Last Galley Impressions and Tales But come, we will go and dine with Philoctemon.—Slave! slave! place our dinner in a basket, and let us go for a good long drinking bout. The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 Sometimes, after a drinking bout, they sallied forth and scoured the village, to the dismay of the worthy burghers, who gathered their women within doors, and would have shut up the house. Wolfert's Roost and Miscellanies On the road, close to Casterton, he met some old acquaintances of the lime-kiln, going to the same destination, intent on an evening's drinking bout. The Life of John Clare As my drinking grew heavier, I began to note more and more that it was in the drinking bouts the purple passages occurred. John Barleycorn No, we know better things, and scorn to scorn any man's civility who civilly invites us to a drinking bout. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5 Being at a dinner party where the guests, determined on a hard drinking bout, had locked the door to prevent his exit, he jumped out of a second-story window, and broke his leg. Life and Times of Washington, Volume 2 Revised, Enlarged, and Enriched There had been a drinking bout among the officers in one of the German dugouts, the main beverage being champagne. Over the Top She had heard her father and Jim Priest speak of the drinking bouts of their youth. Poor White Cambyses, meanwhile, continued the drinking bout, thinking the while of punishment for the false woman. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 04 — Fiction At this both the populace and we on the instant all shouted this phrase, common at drinking bouts: "Long life to you!" Dio's Rome, Volume 5, Books 61-76 (A.D. 54-211) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form By Herbert Baldwin Foster But of all this Augustus made no account; his daughter Julia, however, proved so dissolute that she held revels and drinking bouts by night in the Forum and on the very rostra. Dio's Rome, Volume 4 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form There is no conviviality in Indian drinking bouts. My Native Land The United States: its Wonders, its Beauties, and its People; with Descriptive Notes, Character Sketches, Folk Lore, Traditions, Legends and History, for the Amusement of the Old and the Instruction of the Young With hardly a pause he described a lurid succession of drinking bouts and gallant adventures. The Unspeakable Gentleman A fortnight after he had taken up his temporary quarters above the shop the woman was removed to the hospital suffering from the effects of a hard drinking bout, and died there. The Hampstead Mystery Lawrence is acquainted with Ashton, as they used to meet at old Tom's when on their drinking bouts. From Wealth to Poverty He described the episode on the boat after her drinking bout at Blazes', of the futile attempts of Sally Abbott and Talbot to cure her. Sleeping Fires: a Novel He immediately indulged in a desperate drinking bout and so put himself entirely in their power. The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore This did not end his barbarous conduct, for two years later he murdered an officer of the watch, when returning from a drinking bout at Turnham Green. Inns and Taverns of Old London A passionate quarrel ensues, resulting in a long drinking bout designed to drown his sorrows. Bat Wing In their drinking bouts they often quarrel among themselves, and slash about with their long heavy knives, inflicting ugly gashes and often maiming each other for life. The Naturalist in Nicaragua For a day or so following a prolonged drinking bout he would be apprehensive and depressed, unable to find an interest to take him away from the indefinite dread which haunted him. Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness But a very moderate drinking bout would be extremely likely to bring a chronic nervous complaint to a disastrous end. Through the Magic Door Her two hopeful sons are engaged in a drinking bout of arrack; they are already wildly hilarious and indulging in brotherly embraces and doubtful love-songs. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran Antoine's work would not have sufficed to pay for his drinking bouts if he had not contrived a means of procuring his osier at low cost. The Fortune of the Rougons Since she had been at Yarrahappini she had heard the phrase applied to too many of the station hands: not to know that it meant a reckless drinking bout. Seven Little Australians They all turn into the taverns, whose revenues go to the government, and the drinking bout begins, which stifles their sense of the wrong which is being done them. The Kingdom of God Is Within You Respectable Moslems dislike the subject, but the vulgar relish it as much as the sober Italian enjoys the description of a drinking bout—in novels. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 14 This is followed by a general feast and drinking bout, each family preparing its feast in its own chamber, and entertaining friends and neighbours who come to take part in the general rejoicing. The Pagan Tribes of Borneo There were business matters to discuss, and it was no fair contest to discuss business in the course of a drinking bout with an old stager like Y.D. Dennison Grant: a Novel of To-day Though he was than hardly yet recovered from the effects of his last attack, he indulged in another violent drinking bout; and, strange to say, did so without any immediate visible bad effects. Doctor Thorne It was a banquet rather than a drinking bout. The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4 My lord was pursuing with a vengeance our senseless fashion of wasting in drinking bouts powder that would have been better spent against the Indians. To Have and to Hold Then the other party went through a similar performance; and the peace being thus formally ratified, we sat down to cement it still further by a friendly drinking bout. The Pagan Tribes of Borneo A drinking bout, a night at cards, a whirl into excess, and that would pass away. Dennison Grant: a Novel of To-day Legends were composed about his drinking bouts in town; everybody censured him strictly, but no one ever declined his invitation to those drinking bouts. The Man Who Was Afraid "You are going in for a drinking bout." Crime and Punishment Geraldo and Ribeiro were my near neighbours, but they took offence at me after the first few days, because I would not join them in their drinking bouts, which took place about every third day. The Naturalist on the River Amazons Sunday had been observed before by the biggest drinking bout of the week, and a summary settlement of the previous six days' disputes. Stories by English Authors: Africa (Selected by Scribners) Kiryak had a fearful headache after his drinking bout, and was ashamed to face his brother. The Witch and other stories Take my advice," he continued, confidentially, to the hunchback, "and don't trust too implicitly to that slippery memory of yours, after our little drinking bout yesterday. After Dark We may get more good from that than harm from all his tales of much punch and many drinking bouts. Essays in Little He has his drinking bout now and then, like the common working people of other countries. The Naturalist on the River Amazons Every sign of a bad drinking bout, I was saying to myself, feeling quite amused at the notions of that Franklin. Chance A Tale in Two Parts The beer frolic, however, passed off without any untoward circumstance; and, unlike most drinking bouts, left neither headache nor heartache behind. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West In drinking bouts he could hold his own with the best of them, and in all mad pranks invariably played the chief part. Russia Unfit to endure the fatigues of pleasure, this sort of person, after a drinking bout, is very much like those worthy bourgeois who fall foul of music after hearing a new opera by Rossini. The Magic Skin The good qualities of the Passes belong to the moral part of the character: they lead a contented, unambitious, and friendly life, a quiet, domestic, orderly existence, varied by occasional drinking bouts and summer excursions. The Naturalist on the River Amazons Although he was jolly, and the effects of his drinking bout still lingered in his brain, he forgot nothing. Taras Bulba and Other Tales Heemskirk gripping the door-handle, as if to crush it, felt like a man just risen to his feet from a drinking bout. 'Twixt Land and Sea Was not the world rid of an Alexander, by the cup of Hercules, at the close of a drinking bout? The Magic Skin |
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