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strong alcoholic liquors made by distillation, as brandy, whiskey, or gin.
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Do you say that ardent spirits, as they are commonly drank, do not produce these effects except in a very slight degree?
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He therefore, from that time, should furnish them with no ardent spirits.
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Again: The total disuse of ardent spirits, on the part of parents, is the only plan of safety in bringing up their children.
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I will take a man in health, and give him a glass of ardent spirits.
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His torpid look, flushed countenance, and uneasy respiration, convinced me that he had taken a large quantity of ardent spirits.
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But it is this moderate use of ardent spirits that produces all the excess.
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Here you have an account of the cost of ardent spirits, calculated within bounds.
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It is this temperate use of ardent spirits that must be discontinued.
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Not less destructive are the effects of ardent spirits upon the human mind.
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Your father might have been engaged in the traffic in ardent spirits.
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plural noun
spirits, such as rum, whisky, etc