... 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
| Thomas Seccombe, John William Allen - 1903 - 328 pages
...men, which take it as tinkers do ale, it is a plague and a mischief, a violent purger of goods, land, health : hellish, devilish and damned tobacco, the ruin and overthrow of body and soul.' The rhetorical power even of this (cf. De Quincey's apostrophe to Opium) is surpassed by that of noble... | |
| 1904 - 1136 pages
...commonly used 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." Another writer of about the same period severely denounces tobacco in verse. " Let it be damn'd to... | |
| Mary Foote Henderson - 1904 - 794 pages
...medically used ; but as it is commonly used ... by most men ... 't is a plague, a mischief a punge of goods, lands, health, — hellish, devilish, and...tobacco, the ruin and overthrow of body and soul." With the advancement of science and a new meaning to sound health, this expression — " opportunely... | |
| American Institute of Homeopathy - 1906 - 1012 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." Thus wrote Burton 300 years ago, and since that time many have been the disquisitions defending and... | |
| Martha Helen Haywood, Mrs. Hubert Haywood, Mary Hilliard Hinton - 1906 - 374 pages
...commonly abused by most men 'tis a plague, a mischief, a violent purger of goods, lands and health — devilish and damned tobacco, the ruin and overthrow of body and soul." The Indians held Uppowock their tobacco in high esteem, attributed to it magical powers. It was the... | |
| Edward Vincent Heward - 1909 - 236 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,...on health and character, and, if we would view the subjects in its larger bearings, on our physical and moral organisation it is obviously necessary that... | |
| Charles Elihu Slocum - 1909 - 88 pages
...who wrote of tobacco in 1621, that: '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! 70 ' _1~ ... r- - P THIS BOOK IS DTJB ON THE LAST DATE STAMPED BELOW AN INITIAL FINE OF 25 GENTS WILL... | |
| Robert James Shores - 1913 - 282 pages
...and medically used; 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, of blessed memory, was not deceived by the fictitious virtues of this plant, and he condemned... | |
| Joseph Smith Auerbach - 1914 - 344 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. Southey, too, in his colloquies on society has his Mask, Montesinos, and the ghostly Sir Thomas More... | |
| Joseph Smith Auerbach - 1914 - 150 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. Southey, too, in his colloquies on society has his Mask, Montesinos, and the ghostly Sir Thomas More... | |
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