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Excerpt from Cameos From English History: The Eighteenth Century
Indeed, drunkeness was hardly treated as a sin, and was the natural accompaniment Of every festivity, even among really estimable people.
The country was less dissipated and licentious than the court, but the squires were Often quite as prone to intoxication, and had few ideas beyond fox-hunting, shooting, or playing at bowls. The lower classes were terribly neglected, Often downtrodden, and in a state Of gross ignorance.
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