The International Library of Famous Literature : Selections From the World's Great Writers ... With Biographical And Explanatory Notes
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with a little wine, but his hostility to that liquor was inflexible. " If you have not philosophy enough," said he, " for pure water, there are innocent infusions to strengthen the stomach against the nausea of aqueous quaftings. Sage, for example, has a very pretty flavor : and if you wish to heighten it into a debauch, it is only mixing rosemary, wild poppy, and other simples, but no compounds." In vain did he crack off his water, and teach me the secret of composing delicious messes. I was s...o abstemious, that, re- marking my moderation, he said, " In good sooth, Gil Bias, I marvel not that you are no better than you are ; you do not drink enough, my friend. Water taken in a small quantity serves only to separate the particles of bile and set them in action ; but our practice is to drown them in a copious drench. Fear not, my good lad, lest a superabundance of liquid should either weaken or chill your stomach ; far from tliy better judg- ment be that silly fear of unadulterated drink.
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