“There are Three sorts of Drinkers: one drinks to satisfy Nature, and to support his Body, and requires it as necessary to his Being.
“Another drinks a degree beyond this, and takes a larger dose to exhilarate and cheer his mind, and help him to sleep—these two are lawful drinkers.
“A third drinks neither for the good of the Body or the Mind, but to stupify and drown both.”—Maynwaringe on Health, &c. 12mo. 1683, p. 123.
[60] Johnson’s Witte Curaçoa takes precedence of all the Liqueurs we have ever tasted.
[61] “The Blood of the Grape appeareth to be Blood, in it is Life, it is from the Vine, and that the Plant of life; and that the difference between this Plant, and the Tree of Life in Paradise, were but magis and minus, is not so improbable as to be rejected by any, for they will be both granted Plants of Life, and they very much respond in their nature as well as Appellation. What the fruit was that sprang from that in Paradise, is not as yet known, or not so perfectly understood as that of the Vine, the nature of which is so lively as that Galen will affirm it to augment radical heat, which is the way to live for ever.”—See Dr. Whitaker on the Blood of the Grape, 16mo. 1654, p. 3 and 31.
[62] In our Peptic Precepts, we have pointed out the most convenient ways of counteracting the dilapidating effects of excessive vinous irrigation, which is doubly debilitating,—when you suffer the fascinations of the festive Bowl to seduce You to sacrifice to Bacchus, those hours which are due to the drowsy God of Night.
[63] “More or less Alcohol is necessary to support the usual vigour of the greater number of people even in Health—nothing therefore can be more injudicious than wholly to deprive them of this support when they are weakened by disease—Dyspeptics who have been accustomed to its use, cannot be deprived of it—a very moderate use of Wine can hardly be said to be injurious: we see those who use it in this way, live as long, and enjoy as good health, as those who wholly abstain from it.”—Dr. Philip, on Indigestion, 8vo. 1821, pp. 139 and 144.
[64] “No man in health can need Wine till he arrives at 40: he may then begin with two glasses in the day: at 50 he may add two more.”—See Trotter on Drunkenness, 1804, p. 151.
[65] Scotch or Irish Whiskey is an infinitely purer spirit than English Gin—which is an uncertain compound of various Essential Oils, &c.
[66] Brandy and Liqueur Merchant, No. 2, Colonnade, Pall Mall.