A DRUNKARD
in a volume of pamphlets, lettered “Miscellaneous sheets,” hiV'sented by King ooorgc HT, to the British Museum, and dated 1646. there occurs a. delineation of a drunkard’s character: — “A drunkard is the annoyance of modesty; the, trouble of civility; the spoil of wealth ; the distraction of reason.’ He is only the brewer’s friend; the tavern and alehouse benefactor; the beggar’s companion ; the constable’s trouble; he is his wife’s woe; his children’s sorrow; his neighbour’s scoff; his own shame. 11l fine, he is a tub of swill; a spirit of sleep; a picture of a beast; and a monster of a man.”
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 22 January 1931, Page 10
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103A DRUNKARD Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 22 January 1931, Page 10
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