The tempter behind


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An Old Story


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Excerpt from An Old Story: A Temperance Tale in Verse The Press is - almost universally - indefatigable in efforts to manifest the miseries incident to Intemperance: every Journal of the Kingdom is earnest in work for its diminution or suppression. The "time is not yet" when traffic in alcohol will be suspiciously and effectually restrained - or prohibited - by Law. Meanwhile, it is counselled that public opinion must pioneer the way to legislative enactment: and a duty is inculcated on every writer to contribute aid towards a consummation - that cannot fail to be mighty in its influence on human kind. Thus exhorted - and especially stimulated by a "call" in the Times of the 9th of August, 1872 - in this book, and the book that preceded it, "The Trial of Sir Jasper," I have humbly striven to help on the work: trusting I may assist the many other "writers, talkers, preachers, workers," to "abate this nuisance and scandal, our national drunkenness." I have tried to make this book broader and more comprehensive in details than its predecessor: to treat, indeed, as far as my knowledge extends, every phase of the "horrible vice," adding notes from the "authorities" by whom I am principally guided. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.













Mid-Victorian Poetry, 1860-1879


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These two volumes list late-and mid-Victorian poets, with brief biographical information and bibliographical details of published works. The major strength of the works is the 'discovery' of very many minor poets and their work, unrecorded elsewhere.




An Old Story


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