Word: drunk
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...students as gentlemen and scholars, a higher tone will soon begin to prevail among them. Acts of disorder-such as the "marking down"of students who prefer not to make accurate recitations, or acts of impudent meddling, such as reprimanding students who have thought proper to get drunk-will become fewer and fewer. The professors will come to understand that the students require nothing of them except that they shall not interfere with the students, and so soon as they adopt those course the relations between the faculty and the undergraduates will become harmonious. Nothing can be done, however, while...
...lessened" as he becomes more appreciative of the superiority of French wines manufactured especially for the American market. Intemperance stands pre-eminent among the evils known to civilized nations, and is, moreover, the foundation of a great part of the other evils. In Europe, where formerly nobody got drunk because everybody drank, the cry is arising in almost every country, both on account of drunkenness, and on account of the adulteration of liquors France herself has become frightened and from an analysis of 1700 samples of what was sold as pure liquor, only 60 were found unadulterated...
...explain. "A nice place this, eh?" he said to me; "nice gardens; remind me of Magdalen a good deal. It seems, however, to be decidedly rather gay just now, don't you think so? Commemoration week, perhaps, a great many young ladies up, certainly; a good deal of cup drunk in the gardens, too, I always did prefer to go down in Commemoration week myself; never was a dancing man. There is a great deal of dancing here, but the young ladies dance alone, rather like what is called the ballet I believe at the opera. I must...
...command of himself, and concluded by hoping that if he had used any unbecoming or disrespectful language the officer would overlook it in consideration of the fact that he was-well, that he was perhaps not quite himself. "Not yourself, sir," retorted the proctor, with great scorn; "you were drunk, sir! Infernally drunk, sir! In fact," and here Mr. Sophocles' voice softened, "you were so extremely drunk as to be a curipsity, and on that ground I'll not report...
...orchestra sang the first verse of Luther's grand triumphal hymn. a few minutes were now spent in conversation and drinking of beer, and than the Commander made a short speech appropriate to the occasion and called for the health of the Emperon. This was drunk in most approved fashion and a verse of the National Anthem sung. The manner of toasting is worthy of description. Everyone rises, the Commander calls, "One, two, three, drink." Then, "one, two, three," and the bottoms of the glasses are rattled upon the table producing a most peculiar effect. Again is called...