The Project Gutenberg eBook of Ebrietatis Encomium
Title: Ebrietatis Encomium
Author: Albert-Henri de Sallengre
Translator: Robert Samber
Release date: June 21, 2009 [eBook #29188]
Language: English
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EBRIETATIS ENCOMIUM:
OR, THE
PRAISE
OF
DRUNKENNESS:
WHEREIN IS AUTHENTICALLY,
AND
MOST EVIDENTLY PROVED,
THE NECESSITY
OF
FREQUENTLY GETTING DRUNK;
AND, THAT THE PRACTICE IS MOST ANCIENT,
PRIMITIVE, AND CATHOLIC.
BY
BONIFACE OINOPHILUS,
DE MONTE FIASCONE, A. B. C.
Vinum lætificans cor hominis.
Narratur et prisci Catonis,
Sæpe mero caluisse virtus.—Hor.
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR C. CHAPPLE, PALL MALL.
1812.
Harding & Wright, Printers, St. John’s Square, London.
EBRIETATIS ENCOMIUM:
OR, THE
PRAISE OF DRUNKENNESS