Some of them refuse to concede that a teetotaler is necessarily healthier or happier or more useful to the world than the moderate imbiber is.
"One Third Off"
Irvin S. Cobb
He had been entertained with beer of so hard a nature as to induce temporary strangulation in the daring imbiber thereof, and he was very glad to welcome the return of his fare.
"Lady Audley's Secret"
Mary Elizabeth Braddon