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- Cavalier And Roundhead Smokers
"A custom lothsome to the eye, hatefull to the Nose,
harmefull to the braine, dangerous to the lungs, and in the
blacke stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the
horrible Stigian smoke of the pit that is
bottomelesse."--JAMES... - Early Victorian Days
Scent to match thy rich perfume
Chemic art did ne'er presume
Through her quaint alembic strain,
None so sovereign to the brain.
LAMB, _A Farewell to Tobacco._
The social attitude towards smoking in early Victorian days,... - Later Victorian Days
When life was all a summer day,
And I was under twenty,
Three loves were scattered in my way--
And three at once are plenty.
Three hearts, if offered with a grace,
One thinks not of refusing.
The task in this especial... - Signs Of Revival
Some sigh for this and that
My wishes don't go far;
The world may wag at will,
So I have my cigar.
The revival of smoking among those who were most amenable to the
dictates of fashion, and among whom consequently tobacco... - Smoking By Women
Ladies, when pipes are brought, affect to swoon;
They love no smoke, except the smoke of Town.
A story is told of Sir Walter Raleigh by John Aubrey which seems to
imply that at first women not only did not smoke, but that they
disliked... - Smoking In Church
For thy sake, TOBACCO, I
Would do anything but die.
CHARLES LAMB, _A Farewell to Tobacco._
The use of tobacco in churches forms a curious if short chapter in the
social history of smoking. The earliest reference to such a practice
occurs... - Smoking In The Restoration Period
The Indian weed withered quite
Green at noon, cut down at night,
Shows thy decay--
All flesh is hay:
Thus think, then drink tobacco.
The year 1660 that restored Charles II to his throne, restored a
gaiety and... - Smoking In The Twentieth Century
Sweet when the morn is grey;
Sweet, when they've clear'd away
Lunch; and at close of day
Possibly sweetest.
Tobacco is once more triumphant. The cycle of three hundred years is
complete. Since the early decades of... - Smoking Under King William Iii And Queen Anne
Hail! social pipe--thou foe of care,
Companion of my elbow-chair;
As forth thy curling fumes arise,
They seem an evening sacrifice--
An offering to my Maker's praise,
For all His benefits and grace.
Sir SAMUEL GARTH... - Smoking Unfashionable: Early Georgian Days
Lord Fopling smokes not--for his teeth afraid;
Sir Tawdry smokes not--for he wears brocade.
ISAAC HAWKINS BROWNE, _circa_ 1740.
With the reign of Queen Anne tobacco had entered on a period, destined
to be of long duration, when...
- Tobacco Triumphant - Smoking Abuse And Praise Of Tobacco
This is my friend Abel, an honest fellow;
He lets me have good tobacco.
BEN JONSON, _The Alchemist._
The druggists and other tradesmen who sold tobacco in Elizabethan and
Jacobean days had every provision for the convenience... - Tobacco Triumphant: Smoking Fashionable And Universal
Tobacco engages
Both sexes, all ages,
The poor as well as the wealthy;
From the court to the cottage,
From childhood to dotage,
Both those that are sick and the healthy.
_Wits' Recreations_, 1640.
This...
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