Both Uses of
temperate
in
Gulliver's Travels
- To clear up which, I endeavoured to give some ideas of the desire of power and riches; of the terrible effects of lust, intemperance, malice, and envy.†
Chpt 4 *
- But, in order to feed the luxury and intemperance of the males, and the vanity of the females, we sent away the greatest part of our necessary things to other countries, whence, in return, we brought the materials of diseases, folly, and vice, to spend among ourselves.†
Chpt 4
Definition:
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(temperate) lacking extremes -- especially of weather, climate, or behavior