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By way of postscript: being a strict and ardent advocate of temperance,
Dishes & Beverages of the Old South Martha McCulloch-Williams
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In his scientific judgments he showed, even then, a remarkable temperance,
The Debt 1909
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O, where is the peace and meekness, long suffering and temperance,
A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 William Carew Hazlitt 1873
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"Perhaps the Countess would absolve you from your vow of temperance,
My Friend the Chauffeur Frederic [Illustrator] Lowenheim 1901
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"That plain white-aproned man who stood at work Patient and accurate full fourscore years, Cherished his sight and touch by temperance,
The Village Watch-Tower Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin 1889
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