You yourself know that I am not
addicted to bloodthirstiness, and therefore that I cannot really be guilty of the fault in question, seeing that neither my mind nor my heart have participated in it.
Whether the trouble was anything more serious than "incompatibility of temper," he is probably the only living person that knows: he is not
addicted to the vice of confidences.
He is much
addicted to overestimating his own perfections, and to undervaluing those of his rival or his enemy; a trait which may possibly be thought corroborative of the Mosaic account of the creation.
Young Halpin was of a dreamy, indolent and rather romantic turn, somewhat more
addicted to literature than law, the profession to which he was bred.
One day, then, as Allworthy was walking in his garden, the doctor came to him, and, with great gravity of aspect, and all the concern which he could possibly affect in his countenance, said, "I am come, sir, to impart an affair to you of the utmost consequence; but how shall I mention to you what it almost distracts me to think of!" He then launched forth into the most bitter invectives both against men and women; accusing the former of having no attachment but to their interest, and the latter of being so
addicted to vicious inclinations that they could never be safely trusted with one of the other sex.
"He was a bold fellow," observed Charley, who was himself somewhat
addicted to a similar mode or settling disputes.
We must not omit to observe, however, in qualification of the sanctity of this Sabbath in the wilderness, that these tribes who are all ardently
addicted to gambling and horseracing, make Sunday a peculiar day for recreations of the kind, not deeming them in any wise out of season.
He had a considerable independence besides two good livings -- and he was not in the least
addicted to locking up his daughters.
It was nocturnal in its habits, and somewhat
addicted to dancing and the theft of children.
Have republics in practice been less
addicted to war than monarchies?
The report said in Punjab the prisoners who are
addicted to drugs have been allocated barracks that are called recovery centres.
Talking to the scribe, a drug-addict from Mardan of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Raheem Khan, who has been
addicted to heroin for over the last 10 years, when asked how you are living your life.
Behavioural Patterns###Not
addicted to the###Minimal addicts###Moderate to severe###p-value*
The drug treatment report for the first six months of this year said 3,231 drug users, 3,108 of whom were
addicted to methamphetamine and 123 to heroin, received treatment.
More than 800,000 people in Pakistan between age of 15 to 65 are
addicted to use heroin, and many other drugs according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
