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In Scotland likewise they have given themselves (of late years to speak of) unto very ample and large diet, wherein as for some respect nature doth make them equal with us, so otherwise they far exceed us in over much and distemperate gormandise, and so ingross their bodies that divers of them do oft become unapt to any other purpose than to spend their times in large tabling and belly cheer.

Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series) Thomas Malory Jean Froissart

In Scotland likewise they have given themselves (of late years to speak of) unto very ample and large diet, wherein as for some respect nature doth make them equal with us, so otherwise they far exceed us in over much and distemperate gormandise, and so ingross their bodies that divers of them do oft become unapt to any other purpose than to spend their times in large tabling and belly cheer.

Of the Food and Diet of the English. Chapter VI. [1577, Book III., Chapter 1; 1587, Book II., Chapter 6 1909

And if rain be evil and distemperate in its qualities, and discording to place and time, it is grievous and noyful to many things.

Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus Robert Steele 1902

Here the scale of order and simplicity is first broken, and then what shall a distempered or distemperate life run to, more certainly, than to what is intemperate?

Christian Nurture. 1802-1876 1876

English, and the Scotch exceeded the latter in "over much and distemperate gormandize."

For Whom Shakespeare Wrote Charles Dudley Warner 1864

English, and the Scotch exceeded the latter in "over much and distemperate gormandize."

Complete Essays Charles Dudley Warner 1864

English, and the Scotch exceeded the latter in "over much and distemperate gormandize."

The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner Charles Dudley Warner 1864

I have endeavoured in these distemperate times to hold up my spirits, and to steer them steadily.

Good Thoughts in Bad Times and Other Papers. 1608-1661 1863

His testiness reminded me that when Socrates was booted by a distemperate donkey, he thought it improper to return the kick!

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His testiness reminded me that when Socrates was booted by a distemperate donkey, he thought it improper to return the kick!

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