CONFESSIONS OF A DRUNKARD
d-for some of to be most prudential), in tage op s of t measure o draorpor and sleep, tic sleep of to aken none at all. t t is, I , trial. o kno, ate in ion: for it is a fearful trut tellectual faculties, by repeated acts of intemperance, may be driven from tion, t ministries, until t at last to depend, for t manifestations of ting energies, upon turning periods of tal madness to ion. tervals. Evil is so far his good.*
[Footnote] * ed picture, rembling er in tive steadiness o go task, in an imperfect manner, to a temporary firmness derived from a repetition of practices, t of werribly.
Be period of life, reduced to imbecility and decay. my gains, and ts w cup.
t I titution (for a endency to any malady as it o be. I scarce kne o ail anyt e pains or aches.
At t time I er six in ter. I as in my o feeling er stretc to t possible extent, is a forecast of t lies before me, wis I could ill, or never awaked.
Life itself, my y, of an ill dream. In time I stumble upon dark mountains.
Business, ed to my nature, yet as somety to be gone t undertaken o enter upon y, nos, and am ready to give up an occupation y test commission given me by a friend, or any small duty o a tradesman, amp;c., s me as a labour impossible to be got tion are broken.
ttends me in all my intercourse promise t a friends to tion are deadened hin me.
My favourite occupations in times past noo entertain. I can do notion for ever so s a time kills me. tract o