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271 same purpose, and various other mixtures, "which I should feel quite ashamed any further to enlarge upon. E SAME PURPOSE AND VARIOUS OTHER MIXTURES WHICH I SHOULD FEEL QUITE ASHAMED ANY FURTHER TO ENLARGE UPON
ome men are known to take a dose of hemlock before they begin to drink, that they may have the fear of death before them to make them take their wine:60 others, again, take powdered pumice61 for the 55 Vessels of lead are never used for this purpose at the present day ; as that metal would oxidize too rapidly, and liquids would have great diffi- culty in coming to a boil. A slow fire must have been used by the ancients. 56 They were thought to give a bad flavour to the sapa or defrutum. 57 A mere puerility, as Fee remarks. 53 He does not state the reason, nor does it appear to be known. At the present day warmed wine is sometimes given to a jaded horse, to put him on his legs again. 59 Though practised by those who wished to drink largely, this was con- sidered to diminish the flavour of delicate wines. eo See B. xxii. c. 23, and B. xxv. c. 95 ; also c. 7 of the present Book. Wine is no longer considered an antidote to cicuta or hemlock. 6i See B. xxxvi. c. 42. Chap. 28.] DEUNKENKESS.   THE ONE IN FACT OF WHICH ALL THE OTHER ANIMALS MAKE USE WE ON THE OTHER HAND EVEN GO SO FAR AS TO MAKE OUR VERY BEASTS OF BIRD AND DRINK WINE SO VAST ARE OUR EFFORTS SO VAST OUR LABOURS AND SO BOUNDLESS THE COST WHICH WE THUS LAVISH UPON A LIQUID WHICH DEPRIVES MAN OF HIS REASON AND DRIVES HIM TO FRENZY AND TO THE COMMISSION OF A THOUSAND CRIMES SO GREAT HOWEVER ARE ITS ATTRACTIONS THAT A GREAT PART OF MANKIND ARE OF OPINION THAT THERE IS NOTHING ELSE IN LIFE WORTH LIVING FOR NAY WHAT IS EVEN MORE THAN THIS THAT WE MAY BE ENABLED TO SWALLOW ALL THE MORE WE HAVE ADOPTED THE PLAN OF DIMINISHING ITS STRENGTH BY PRESSING IT THROUGH FILTERS OF CLOTH AND HAVE DEVISED NUMEROUS INVENTIONS WHEREBY TO CREATE AN ARTIFICIAL THIRST TO PROMOTE DRINKING WE FIND THAT EVEN POISONOUS MIXTURES HAVE BEEN INVENTED AND SOME MEN ARE KNOWN TO TAKE A DOSE OF HEMLOCK BEFORE THEY BEGIN TO DRINK THAT THEY MAY HAVE THE FEAR OF DEATH BEFORE THEM TO MAKE THEM TAKE THEIR WINE OTHERS AGAIN TAKE POWDERED PUMICE FOR TH
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