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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: DEGREES OF DRUNKENNESS. First, Fresh; second, Emphatic; third, Glorious; fourth, Uproarious; lastly, Insensible.?Frolics Of Puce. That rosy cheek and sparkling e'e Prove jolly Bacchus in possession;? Premonitory of a spree, They mark the aspect of a Fresh'un. He fills the goblet to the brim, Drinks, and refills, Until his happy senses swim, And his head reels; Then thinks his every thought is attic, And soon from fresh, becomes Emphatic. As in a crowded house, the throng / Fast to the door are borne along, Shoulder to shoulder, hip to hip? All the ideas byliquor wrought Are in a chaos, sudden brought Upon the burdened lip;? Justling, pushing, Outward rushing, The crowd each others' steps embarrass; So one word o'er another trips, Upon the emphatic bibber's lips; Though pressed, not half ex-pressed, in vain Yon strive his meaning to attain; His words but put himself in pain, And serve the listener to harrass;? - Forthwith he rises to the squall-ics, As if each word were in italics; With gestures odd, and upraised hand, He emphasizes if and and;? Till to all present, 'tis notorious, That he has reached the order Glorious. As difficulties but incite Th' impetuous mind to farther daring, ? His swollen tongue though oft he bite, Yet will he still continue swearing;? While deeper his potations grow, Hjs patriotism 'gins to flow;? He damns the fool who does not think A man to drunkenness should drink;? In politics, the op'site party Is visited with curses hearty;? Till his noise shews he has from glorious, Gonea step farther, to Uproarious. Wake snakes Huzza waste and confusion, By-words, and shouts, and noisy revel, ? Wassail and wine in sad profusion Have with his senses played the devil Windows are ...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217776929 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217776922 |
| Weight | 0.53 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.37 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 158 pages |
| Publisher | |
| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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