| Robert Macnish - 1835 - 256 pages
...loathsome to the eye, hatefull to the nose, harmfull to the braine, dangerous to the lungs, and, in the black stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling...horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless."* But notwithstanding this regal and sacerdotal wrath, the plant extended itself far and wide, and is... | |
| 1835 - 240 pages
...loathsome to the eye, hatefull to the nose, harmefull to the brain, dangerous to the lungs ; and, in the black stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomlesse." In 1604, James the first endeavored, by means of heavy imposts, to abolish its use in... | |
| edmund ruffin - 1835 - 912 pages
...custom loathesome to the eye, hateful to the nose,harmfull to the braine,dangerous to the lun<is, and in the black stinking fume thereof nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit thai is bottomless." But notwithstanding this regal and priestly wrath, the use of the plant extended... | |
| 1832 - 448 pages
...loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the blaek^ stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless." But what is all this to the shrewd fellow who now sat beside me, who seemed, with no little pleasure,... | |
| Edward Hazen - 1836 - 462 pages
...It is a (justom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain ; and, in the black fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless." 4. Pope Urban VIII. excommunicated those who took tobacco in churches ; and Queen Elizabeth also prohibited... | |
| Thomas Colley Grattan - 1836 - 1132 pages
..."precious stinke, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, hurtful to the lungs, and1 in the black fumes thereof nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.'"* Karl Kreutzer was, however, as stupid an individual as one might meet even in the porter's lodge of... | |
| Herbert Mayo - 1838 - 360 pages
...custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs; and in the black stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling...horrible stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.'' — James the First's Counterblast to Tobacco. 78 III. QUANTITY OF FOOD. DIFFERENT quantities of nutriment... | |
| John Mather Austin - 1839 - 496 pages
...loathesome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.' All experienced people will tell you that the habit of using tobacco, in any shape, will render you... | |
| Samuel Hazard - 1841 - 598 pages
...was " loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs and in the black stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling...Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless." The strong arm of the law opposed it ; the priest and the physician, the mofrom this circumstance it acquired... | |
| William Benjamin Carpenter - 1842 - 286 pages
...custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful! to the braine, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black stinking fume thereof nearest resembling...horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless." Notwithstanding such opposition, smoking, together with the use of snuff, has spread not only through... | |
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