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Meanings of intemperate habits in English

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Usage of intemperate habits in English
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Thus John Clare became accustomed, in some measure, to intemperate habits.
The Life of John Clare
2
Constant annoyances, added to intemperate habits, could but bring on sickness.
Narrative of Captivity in Abyssinia with Some Account of the Lat...
3
A man of intemperate habits has little chance of remaining in the Ashworth villages.
Thrift
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Three of his sons have died drunkards, and the fourth is imbecile through intemperate habits.
The World's Great Sermons, Volume 08: Talmage to Knox Little
5
Yet nobody could accuse Lady Kirkbank of intemperate habits.
Phantom Fortune, a Novel
6
But Jonas is her chief trouble, as he is lazy and addicted to intemperate habits.
The Errand Boy; Or, How Phil Brent Won Success
7
Mr. Tretherick was addicted to intemperate habits, said to have been induced by domestic trouble.
Selected Stories of Bret Harte
8
Their parents were generally poor, feeble in mind and body, and often of very intemperate habits.
Reform and Politics / Part 2 from The Works of John Greenleaf Wh...
9
For a time, sustained by appreciation and hope, he in a measure overcame his intemperate habits.
Poets of the South / A Series of Biographical and Critical Studi...
10
He lost his place on account of his intemperate habits; but it never seemed to trouble him.
The Bobbin Boy; or, How Nat Got His learning
11
The dead man was proved to be a harmless character, though of intemperate habits and rough ways.
Idle Hour Stories
12
Some had or quickly developed intemperate habits.
Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 1: April 1861-No...
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He also became addicted to intemperate habits.
A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleo...
14
But Zachary was a drunkard, and persisted in his intemperate habits till he reached the age of fifty.
Mrs. Whittelsey's Magazine for Mothers and Daughters, Volume 3
15
Their ill condition much aggravated by the intemperate habits to which despairing men so easily fall a prey.
Great Britain and Her Queen
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It was a fearfully cold winter, and the woman's intemperate habits had prevented her from earning a living.
The Secrets of the Great City / A Work Descriptive of the Virtue...
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