 ... stones, a sovereign remedy to all diseases. A good vomit, I confess, a virtuous herb, if it be well qualified, opportunely taken, and medicinally used ; but as it is commonly abused by most men, which take it as tinkers do ale, 'tis a plague, a mischief,...  The Nineteenth Century - Page 8081897Full view - About this book
 | 1872 - 586 pages
...and medicinally used ; but as it is commonly used by most men, who take it as tinkers do ale, 'tis a plague, a mischief, a violent purge of goods, lands, health; hellish, devilish, damned, the ruin and overthrow of body and soul." [Laughter.] Editorial. MEDICAL societies and clinical... | |
 | Robert Burton - 1880 - 488 pages
...commonly abused by most men, which take it as tinkers do ale, 'tis a plague, a mischief, a violent purger of goods, lands, health; hellish, devilish and damned...tobacco, the ruin and overthrow of body and soul. SUBSECT. II. — Simples purging Melancholy downward. POLYPODY and epithyme are, without all exceptions,... | |
 | 1885 - 184 pages
...commonly abused by most men, which take it as tinkers do ale, 'tis a plague, a mischief, a violent purger of goods, lands, health, hellish, devilish, and damned...tobacco, the ruin and overthrow of body and soul." — BURTON. — Anat. of Melancholy. TOBACCO : a Poem in two Books. Translated from the Latin of Raphael... | |
 | 1885 - 164 pages
...commonly abused by most men, which take it as tinkers do ale, 'tis a plague, a mischief, a violent purger of goods, lands, health, hellish, devilish, and damned...tobacco, the ruin and overthrow of body and soul." — BURTON. — Anat. of Melancholy. TOBACCO : a Poem in two Books. Translated from the Latin of Raphael... | |
 | 1890 - 602 pages
...men, who take it as tinkers do ale, 'tis a plague, a mischief, a violent purger of goods, lands, and health. Hellish, devilish, and damned tobacco, — the ruin and overthrow of body and soul." Kitchen's article A™B may be regarded as an answer to the above, as he entitles it : " On the Health-... | |
 | George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman - 1889 - 756 pages
...commonly abused by most men, which take it as tinkers do ale, 'tis a plague, a mischief, a violent purger of goods, lands, health. Hellish, devilish, and damned...tobacco, the ruin and overthrow of body and soul." Making all allowances for his exaggerations and pessimistic habit of mind, is there not something of... | |
 | 1890 - 528 pages
...and medicinally used ; but as it is commonly abused by most men who take it as tinkers do ale, 'tis a plague, a mischief, a violent purge of goods, lands,...tobacco, the ruin and overthrow of body and soul." " As a therapeutic agent it acts as a narcotic, diuretic, diaphoretic, and cathartic. The smoke relieves... | |
 | Charles Eucharist de Medicis Sajous - 1890 - 604 pages
...men, who take it as tinkers do ale, 'tis a plague, a mischief, a violent purger of goods, lands, and health. Hellish, devilish, and damned tobacco, — the ruin and overthrow of body and soul." Kitchen's article Ap5'„ may be regarded as an answer to the above, as he entitles it: "On the Health-... | |
 | Maud Wilder Goodwin - 1895 - 328 pages
...remedy in all diseases ; but as it is commonly abused by most men which take it as tinkers do ale, 'tis a plague, a mischief, a violent purge of goods, lands,...tobacco, the ruin and overthrow of body and soul." King James opposed it with less eloquence, but with a homely and praiseworthy directness, in his "... | |
 | Arthur William Fox - 1899 - 514 pages
...abused by most men, which take it as tinkers do ale, 'tis a plague and a mischief, a violent purger of goods, lands, health ; hellish, devilish and damned...tobacco, the ruin and overthrow of body and soul." s Having thus delivered himself, he proceeds to recommend as downward purges polypody, fumitory, broom,... | |
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