Edwardsville, which lies in a north-easterly direction from St. Louis, but unfortunately got on the wrong track, an occurrence by no means uncommon on the prairies, and by this casualty visited Troy, a _town_ containing two houses, namely, a "groggery," and a farm-house, both owned by the one person. ❋ Unknown (N/A)
Expecting to hear of his superior knowledge in military tactics, I was astounded when he seriously informed me, in answer, that on a late occasion (I believe it was the anniversary of the birth of Washington), after parade, he ordered them into a "groggery," "not to take a _little_ of something to drink, but by J--- s to drink as much as they had a mind to." ❋ Unknown (N/A)
The man who spoke allowed the door to the groggery to close behind him, and they were once more in darkness. ❋ Beverly Swerling (2007)
I wished I'd checked the bottles back in the groggery more carefully. ❋ May, Julian, 1931- (1998)
Even more miraculously, the table slab had missed us when it was blown back into the groggery by the hurricane and shattered into a dozen pieces. ❋ May, Julian, 1931- (1998)
Much closer to us, another section of the wall had partially collapsed, admitting a gushing torrent of water. hurried back into the groggery. ❋ May, Julian, 1931- (1998)
Matt stood waiting when I finally reached the entrance to the groggery. ❋ May, Julian, 1931- (1998)
Perhaps, on one ill-starred day, Larry had exited the makeshift groggery after wetting his whistle excessively and turned left instead of right. ❋ May, Julian, 1931- (1998)
The low groggery in Water street where poor Sinclair made his temporary home, was extensively known as the 'All Night House,' from the fact of its being kept open night and day. ❋ George Thompson (N/A)
Come, clar! 'and he placed his hand on Tom's shoulder, and accelerated his rather slow movements toward the groggery. ❋ Various (N/A)
The Sharp Corner was a second-class groggery and boarding house, patronized almost entirely by the poorest and most shiftless class of trackmen. ❋ Allen Chapman (N/A)
The lower room was occupied as a groggery and dance-hall, and was several feet below the level of the street. ❋ George Thompson (N/A)
A certain witty professor of a certain Western college, had been invited to deliver a poem before the Phi Beta Society of Athens -- not the capital of Greece, nor the Athens of America, but a sort of no-town, without even the advantages of an established groggery, or mutual admiration society. ❋ Various (N/A)
No sooner had she a groggery "to her fortune" than her hand was sought by a legion of admirers. ❋ Bernard H. Becker (N/A)
One sees, in Manila and, for that matter, all up and down the Chinese and Japanese coasts, the typical groggery of America with somebody's ❋ Mary Helen Fee (N/A)
She still denied all knowledge of it; but, fearing the rage of her mistress, she sent for her husband, then keeping a small groggery at ❋ Various (N/A)
It had started in a low groggery on Whitehall wharf and was of considerable extent, spreading as far as Beaver street, and then shifting to the west, and going as far as the river and nearly to ❋ Harry Moore (N/A)
He followed the man carelessly so as to avoid suspicion, and presently saw him go into a low groggery down the street. ❋ Harry Moore (N/A)
When Lincoln worked in and kept a grocery-store, it was flanked by a groggery and he had to supply spirits, but from that fact he saw the evils of the saloon and early identified himself with the novel temperance movement. ❋ Henry Llewellyn Williams (N/A)
