She was a terrible tea-drinker, and was very fond of me, but I ill requited her kindness by continually plundering her sugar-bowl.
"Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer"
W. C. Scully
But he was a heavy drinker, and it was no unusual thing for the helpers at the Roebuck stables to have to get out a conveyance at closing time and drive Richard, speechless, motionless, to Vine-Pits Farm.
"The Devil's Garden"
W. B. Maxwell
The last man to find out that he is taking too much is the drinker himself.
"A Handbook of Health"
Woods Hutchinson