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" ... a 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 the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless. "
The flowers of literature, or, Encyclopædia of anecdote, a coll. by W. Oxberry - Page 168
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The Medical and Physical Journal: Containing the Earliest ..., Volume 24

1810 - 558 pages
...customc loathsome to the eye, hatefull to the nose, harmeful to the brain, dangerous to the Iungs? and in the black stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian pit that is bottomless." King James mingled with his argument and his declamation, a plentiful seasoning...
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The Philadelphia Medical and Physical Journal, Volume 1

1804 - 452 pages
...unhealthiness and offensiveness of this practice, he closes with this royal COUNTER-BLAST : " It is a custom, loathsome to the EYE, hateful to the NOSE,...horrible stygian smoke of the pit, that is bottomless .'" II. Modern Geography, A Description of the Empires, Kingdoms, States, and Colonies ; with the Oceans,...
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American Annals: Or, a Chronological History of America, from Its ..., Volume 1

Abiel Holmes - 1805 - 516 pages
...discouraged the use of this vile weed. In train king James assured his subjects, that the smoking of it was a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, and dan* gerous to the lungs. Opposition made proselytes ; and the united influence of fashion and...
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The Code of Health and Longevity: Or, A Concise View, of the Principles ...

Sir John Sinclair - 1807 - 608 pages
...unhealthiness and offensiveness of this practice,, he closes with this royal counter blast : — " It is a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose,...horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless !" To conclude. . The moral, to be deduced from oer whole Lecture, is, the necessity of avoiding all...
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A Tour Through Holland: Along the Right and Left Banks of the Rhine, to the ...

Sir John Carr - 1807 - 328 pages
...sentence of this extraordinary composition is somewhat laughable. " The use of tobacco," he says, " is a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose,...black stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrid Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless." i Few would wish to withhold from a Dutchman the...
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A Tour Through Holland, Along the Right and Left Banks of the Rhine, to the ...

Sir John Carr - 1807 - 334 pages
...sentence of this extraordinary composition is somewhat laughable. " The use of tobacco," he says, " is a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose,...black stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrid Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless." Few would wish to withhold from a Dutchman the...
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A tour through Holland ... to the south of Germany, in ... 1806

sir John Carr - 1807 - 538 pages
...extraordinary composition is somewhat laughable. " The use of " tobacco," he says, " is a custom loathesome to the eye, " hateful to the nose, harmful to the...black stinking fume thereof, " nearest resembling the horrid Stygian smoke of the pit " that is bottomless/' * Few would wish to withhold from a Dutchman...
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Observations on Popular Antiquities Including the Whole of Mr. Bourne's Anti ...

John Brand - 1810 - 508 pages
...fo" reign civil Nations, and by all Strangers that " come among you, to be scorned and contemned ; " a Custom loathsome to the Eye, hateful to the " Nose,...the " Lungs, and in the black stinking Fume thereof, *' neerest resembling the horrible Stygian Smoke of " the Pit that is bottomless /" If even this small...
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Observations on Popular Antiquities: Including the Whole of Mr. Bourne's ...

John Brand - 1810 - 510 pages
...fo" reign civil Nations, and by all Strangers that " come among you, to be scorned and contemned ; " a Custom loathsome to the Eye, hateful to the " Nose,...the " Lungs, and in the black stinking Fume thereof, " neerest resembling the horrible Stygian Smoke of " the Pit that is bottomless!" If even this small...
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Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London from the Roman ..., Volume 1

James Peller Malcolm - 1811 - 454 pages
...of tobacco." . ,; .... 0 .,• ..„,, ' The king concludes with pronouncing the use of tobacco, " a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose,...horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless." It is impossible to give a better idea of the manners of the community, than by consulting authors...
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