whiskey quotes

Bernard always had a few prayers in the hall and some whiskeyafterwards as he was rather pious but Mr Salteenawasnot veryaddicted toprayerssohemarched up to bed.

- Daisy Mary Margaret Ashford
  TheYoung Visiters, or Mr Salteena's Plan, ch.3.

Did the Warwickshire militia, who were chiefly artisans, teach the Irish to drink beer, or did they learn from the Irish how to drink whiskey?

- Maria Edgeworth
  Castle Rackrent,'History of Sir Conolly Rackrent'.

An Irishmanislined with copper, and thebeercorrodesit. But whiskey polishesthe copperand isthesavingof him.

- Mark pseudonym of  Samuel Langhorne Clemens Twain
  Life on the Mississippi, ch.23.