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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

3375 George Berkeley 1685-1753 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:3375
AUTHOR:George Berkeley (1685–1753)
QUOTATION:[Tar water] is of a nature so mild and benign and proportioned to the human constitution, as to warm without heating, to cheer but not inebriate. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Siris. Par. 217.
 
Note 1.
Cups
That cheer but not inebriate.
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