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Little is known of the manners and customs of our island inhabitants before the Saxon period; hence, there can be no wonder that all is obscure before the Roman invasion. For the hints that have come to light we are indebted to such foreign historians as wrote in the century b...
A change of dynasty brought with it no amelioration of manners. The fatal permission to set up distilleries, which was granted after the Revolution of 1688, and which was not wi...
15. CHAPTER X.In entering upon this period it will be necessary to consider, in the first place, what were the drinks chiefly in use. A pamphlet, bearing the date 1612, enumerates a number of...
9. CHAPTER VIII.For a picture of the social life of the remainder of the fourteenth century, we turn of necessity to one who was the ornament of two of the most brilliant courts in the annals o...
11. c. 7, the wines of Gascony and Guienne were forbidden to be sold aboveeightpence the gallon, and the retail price of ‘Malmeseis, romeneis, sakkes, and other swete wynes,’ was fixed at 12_d._ the gallon, 6_d._ the pottle, 3_d._ the quart, and direc...
3. CHAPTER III.Amongst the kings who, in the seventh century, governed parts of Anglia, Edwin stands out prominently as a beacon of beneficent rule. Two stories concerning him are treasured fr...
2. CHAPTER II.It is to the heroic songs of the day that we must at this period mainly look for the history of manners and of convivial life. The chieftains assembled on the mead-bench, and we...
8. CHAPTER VII.A curious anecdote is told of King John in a book of anecdote,[67] that upon his last visit to Nottingham he called at the house of the mayor, and at the residence of the priest...
7. CHAPTER VI.The period on which we now enter, called, in compliance with usage, the _Plantagenet_, might for our present purpose more strictly be named _The Light Wine Period_. And it is in...
10. CHAPTER IX.The legislative enactments of the reign of Henry VII. demand minute attention. With a certain modification, it is true that the direct legislative sanction of the liquor traffic...
5. CHAPTER IV.It was at the close of this tenth century that the Danes made their determined resolve to invade this kingdom. Here again we shall see how closely the destinies of our country h...
6. CHAPTER V.We have now arrived at a period which introduces a new element in the formation of our national social life. Information respecting the habits of the Normans is derivable not on...
14. act ii. scene 7).STAGES OF DRUNKENNESS.--All the world’s a pub, And all the men and women merely drinkers; They have their hiccoughs and their staggerings; And one man in a day drinks many glass...
1. CHAPTER I.Little is known of the manners and customs of our island inhabitants before the Saxon period; hence, there can be no wonder that all is obscure before the Roman invasion. For th...
16. book ii., after praising Nature for her annual gifts, which tend to theWithin The golden _Mean_ confined: beyond, there’s naught Of health, or pleasure. Therefore, when thy Heart Dilates with fervent joys, and eager soul Prompts to persue the spark...
12. Act ii. scene 3. The double-dyed Iago has tempted honest foolish Cassioto drink with him, in spite of Cassio’s very honest confession, ‘I have very poor and unhappy brains for drinking: I could well wish courtesy would invent some other custom of e...
13. act i. scene 2.It appears from this passage as well as from many others in our old dramatic performances, that it was the general custom to take _possets_ just before bed-time. So in the first...
4. xxx. It is not to be supposed that Pope Gregory originated such anordinance. Festivals or dedications, called _encænia_, were well known to the early Church, _e.g._ Sozomen (ii. 26) gives an account of the dedication festival in memory of Cons...