A pinch of snuff, anecdotes of snuff taking, with the moral and physical effects of snuff, by dean Snift of Brazen-nose |
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... produce , the generic name of Nicotiana . Santa Croce , a cardinal , and , moreover , a nun- cio , carried with him , from Madrid to Rome , some tobacco plants . He had gained name and fame previously , from having transported from the ...
... produce , the generic name of Nicotiana . Santa Croce , a cardinal , and , moreover , a nun- cio , carried with him , from Madrid to Rome , some tobacco plants . He had gained name and fame previously , from having transported from the ...
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... produce any snuff so good ; and it is well known , by visitors to that gay metropolis , that it is the Façon de Paris to vend the very worst . SCOTCH is fabricated solely from the stalks of tobacco leaves A PINCH - OF SNuff . 25.
... produce any snuff so good ; and it is well known , by visitors to that gay metropolis , that it is the Façon de Paris to vend the very worst . SCOTCH is fabricated solely from the stalks of tobacco leaves A PINCH - OF SNuff . 25.
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... produce of Louisiana , called NATCHI- TOCHES : it is very little known in England . Of late years , the only pinches of this superb snuff that have fallen to our lot , have been those prof- fered by Mr. Stephen Price , who occasionally ...
... produce of Louisiana , called NATCHI- TOCHES : it is very little known in England . Of late years , the only pinches of this superb snuff that have fallen to our lot , have been those prof- fered by Mr. Stephen Price , who occasionally ...
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... produced such crimson cobwebs ? Peace to the manes of John Turner ! He it was who first induced the founder of Divans in England to offer to the notice of the curious this valuable novelty ; remarkable at once for the fragrance of its ...
... produced such crimson cobwebs ? Peace to the manes of John Turner ! He it was who first induced the founder of Divans in England to offer to the notice of the curious this valuable novelty ; remarkable at once for the fragrance of its ...
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... from the beaten track . The ridiculous effect he had produced may be imagined , and rendered this unique box a diverting curiosity to all sportsmen . Here comes what may seem a digression . Some years. A PINCH - OF SNUFF . 65.
... from the beaten track . The ridiculous effect he had produced may be imagined , and rendered this unique box a diverting curiosity to all sportsmen . Here comes what may seem a digression . Some years. A PINCH - OF SNUFF . 65.
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الصفحة 15 - The gnomes direct, to every atom just, The pungent grains of titillating dust. Sudden, with starting tears each eye o'erflows, And the high dome re-echoes to his nose. " Now meet thy fate," incens'd Belinda cried, And drew a deadly bodkin from her side.
الصفحة 14 - Now Jove suspends his golden scales in air, Weighs the men's wits against the lady's hair; The doubtful beam long nods from side to side; At length the wits mount up, the hairs subside. See, fierce Belinda on the Baron flies, With more than usual lightning in her eyes: Nor feared the chief the unequal fight to try, Who sought no more than on his foe to die.
الصفحة 100 - Acme, enflam'd with what he said, Rear'd her gently-bending head, And her purple mouth with joy, Stretching to the delicious Boy, Twice (and twice could scarce suffice) She...
الصفحة 79 - Some time since a gentleman sent his box to a •working jeweller for repair ; the embossed frame which surrounded the lid had become loose. The box was of silver, plain in its shape, but ornamented on the top with a group of figures, somewhat after the manner of Watteau, engraved upon the plate. " Upon removing the border, it was found necessary to take the upper part of the box entirely to pieces. While minutely inspecting the landscape and figures, the jeweller perceived, at the edge of the plate,...
الصفحة 100 - Bow'd, and blest the augury. This good omen thus from heaven Like a happy signal given, Their loves and lives (all four) embrace, And hand in hand run all the race.
الصفحة 43 - KNOWS he that never took a pinch, Nosey, the pleasure thence which flows, Knows he the titillating joys Which my nose knows? 0 Nose, I am as proud of thee As any mountain of its snows, 1 gaze on thee, and feel that pride A Roman knows ! Albert A.
الصفحة 147 - Lady, reject the gift,' &c. and produced in a few minutes the following parody on it: 'Lady, accept the box a hero wore, In spite of all this elegiac stuff: Let not seven stanzas written by a bore, Prevent your Ladyship from taking snuff...
الصفحة 43 - Dubius is such a scrupulous good man ! Yes, you may catch him tripping if you can. He would not with a peremptory tone Assert the nose upon his face his own ; With hesitation admirably slow He humbly hopes, presumes, it may be so.
الصفحة 58 - S you plural make, But if you add an S to this Strange is the metamorphosis ! Plural is plural then no more, And sweet what bitter was before.
الصفحة 116 - And many a gambol frolicked o'er the ground, And sleights of art and feats of strength went round. And still, as each...