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EBRIETATIS ENCOMIUM:
PRAISE
DRUNKENNESS:
THE NECESSITY
FREQUENTLY GETTING DRUNK;
BONIFACE OINOPHILUS,
LONDON:
1812.
EBRIETATIS ENCOMIUM:
PRAISE OF DRUNKENNESS
THE PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
PRAISE
DRUNKENNESS
CHAP. I. THAT ONE MUST BE MERRY.
CHAP. II. THAT WINE DRIVES AWAY SORROW AND EXCITES MIRTH.
CHAP. III. THAT IT IS GOOD FOR ONE’S HEALTH TO GET DRUNK SOMETIMES.
CHAP. IV. THAT OLD PEOPLE OUGHT TO GET DRUNK SOMETIMES.
CHAP. V. THAT WINE CREATES WIT.
CHAP. VI. THAT WINE MAKES ONE ELOQUENT.
CHAP. VII. THAT WINE ACQUIRES FRIENDS, AND RECONCILES ENEMIES.
CHAP. VIII. THAT THE CUSTOM OF GETTING DRUNK IS MOST ANCIENT.
CHAP. IX. THAT THE PRIMITIVE CHRISTIANS GOT DRUNK.
CHAP. X. OF CHURCHMEN.
CHAP. XI. OF POPES, SAINTS, AND BISHOPS, THAT USED TO GET DRUNK.
CHAP. XII. A CATALOGUE OF SOME ILLUSTRIOUS TOPERS.
CHAP. XIII. OF PHILOSOPHERS THAT USED TO GET DRUNK.
CHAP. XIV. OF POETS THAT USED TO GET DRUNK.
CHAP. XV. OF FREE MASONS, AND OTHER LEARNED MEN, THAT USED TO GET DRUNK.
CHAP. XVI. OF NATIONS THAT USED TO GET DRUNK.
CHAP. XVII. OF THE DRUNKENNESS OF THE GERMANS.
CHAP. XVIII. OF NATIONS THAT GET DRUNK WITH CERTAIN LIQUORS.
CHAP. XIX. OTHER CONSIDERATIONS IN FAVOUR OF DRUNKENNESS.
I. That drunkards are not generally given to lewdness.
II. That in those countries where they do not drink to excess, they are very much addicted to debauchery.
CHAP. XX. AN ANSWER TO THE OBJECTION, THAT DRUNKENNESS CAUSES INFINITE EVILS.
CHAP. XXI. AN ANSWER TO THE OBJECTION, THAT THE MIRTH WHICH WINE INSPIRES IS CHIMERICAL.
CHAP. XXII. AN ANSWER TO THE OBJECTION, THAT ONE LOSES ONE’S REASON IN GETTING DRUNK.
CHAP. XXIII. AN ANSWER TO THE OBJECTION, THAT ONE CANNOT TRUST A MAN THAT GETS DRUNK.
CHAP. XXIV. AN ANSWER TO THE OBJECTION, THAT DRUNKENNESS MAKES ONE INCAPABLE OF PERFORMING THE DUTIES OF CIVIL LIFE.
CHAP. XXV. BURLESQUE, RIDICULOUS, AND OUT-OF-THE-WAY THOUGHTS, AGAINST DRUNKENNESS.
CHAP. XXVI. A RIDICULOUS AVERSION THAT SOME HAVE TO WINE.
CHAP. XXVII. RIGOROUS LAWS AGAINST WINE AND DRUNKENNESS.
CHAP. XXVIII. RULES TO BE OBSERVED IN GETTING DRUNK. I. NOT TOO OFTEN. II. IN GOOD COMPANY.
CHAP. XXIX. THIRD RULE, WITH GOOD WINE.
CHAP. XXX. FOURTH RULE, AT CONVENIENT TIMES.
CHAP. XXXI. FIFTH RULE, TO FORCE NO ONE TO DRINK.
CHAP. XXXII. SIXTH RULE, NOT TO PUSH DRUNKENNESS TOO FAR.
AN ODE TO BACCHUS.
POSTSCRIPT.
CHANSON A BOIRE.
THE TIPLING PHILOSOPHERS.
Lately published by C. Chapple, Pall Mall.
Transcriber’s Notes
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