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The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
… by this Bill proposed, we had made a severe Law against Drunkenness, and had inflicted high Penalties upon all those … Wherein the Difference lyes between a Law for prohibiting Drunkenness, and a Law for laying such high Duties upon …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… while they held their fellowships they could not marry. Drunkenness was the commonest social evil, 179 and it often … from the lack of any better occupation. Idleness and drunkenness brought with them even worse evils, which are …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… picture. 190 Though there was still much heavy drinking, drunkenness had declined. 191 The church services were more …
Survey of London
… was instituted to replace that at the City Arms, where drunkenness had become a problem. The Great Dock Strike of …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woodcroft by Sophia Morgan, partly in an attempt to combat drunkenness among the Irish labourers building the Wye Valley …