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Sundayes Church-service, which is all that God gets at our hands; how perfunctorily, and fashionably is it slubbered over; how are his Saboths made the voyder and dung-hill for all refuse businesse, divided betweene the Church and the Ale-house, the May-pole commonly beguiling the
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By this Means, the People grew extremely regular, his Servants were always at Home, instead of being at the Ale-house, and he had more Work done than ever.
Goody Two-Shoes A Facsimile Reproduction of the Edition of 1766 Anonymous
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At the _Crown_ Ale-house in _Parker's Lane_ near _Drury
The Builders A Story and Study of Masonry Joseph Fort Newton 1913
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_Free and Accepted Masons_ was held at the foresaid _Goose_ and _Gridiron_ Ale-house.
The Builders A Story and Study of Masonry Joseph Fort Newton 1913
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They say you are a spot among Christians, and that religion fareth the worse for your ungodly Conversation, that some have already stumbled at your wicked ways, and that more are in danger of being destroyed thereby; your Religion, and an Ale-house, and Covetousness, and Uncleanness, and Swearing and Lying, and vain Company-keeping, &c. will stand together.
The Pilgrims Progress, in the Similitude of a Dream; The First Part. Paras. 400-499 1909
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I am very sorry to know and to hear how unreverently that most precious jewel, the Word of God, is disputed, rhymed, sung, and jangled in every Ale-house and Tavern ....
Henry VIII. 1908
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Tradesman goes to the Ale-house or Tavern to smoke with some of his
The Social History of Smoking George Latimer Apperson 1897
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He told me that she was perpetually beating him, and that his bones sometimes ached from it; that she brought all sorts of Company of the very lowest Description into his apartments; that she was out late at nights, and he was frequently left to put himself to bed; that she would take the Chaise-boys into the Chaise with her, and stopped at every little Ale-house to drink with them.
The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 1 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
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-- [Ale-house] -- Our little suppers at my window, seated opposite to each other upon two little chairs, placed upon a trunk, which filled up the spare of the embrasure.
The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau — Complete Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1745
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-- [Ale-house] -- Our little suppers at my window, seated opposite to each other upon two little chairs, placed upon a trunk, which filled up the spare of the embrasure.
The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau — Volume 08 Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1745
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