Mr. W. H. Cummings defends the character of Purcell from the remarks of Mr. J. F. Crowest, who in his anxiety to prove that wine has always stimulated music, makes Purcell a bibler.
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Bibler
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Somehow the popular idealism pictures the bibler as a stout hearty individual of merry moods and good vigour, while the typical total-abstinence fanatic arises in our minds as one of colourless vitality and sombre physiognomy.
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It was also said that the son was a bibler and the father a total abstainer.
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What must have been thought of drunkenness during the reign of Tiberius may be inferred from the fact that this emperor, surnamed Biberius (the bibler), appointed Pison Prefect of Rome for having passed two days and nights with him at the drinking board, witnessing the feats of inglorious Novellius Torquatus, who was surnamed Tricongius from his ability to swallow three congii (about three quarts) of wine at one draught.
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