 | 1810 - 558 lehte
...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... | |
 | 1804 - 452 lehte
...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,... | |
 | Abiel Holmes - 1805 - 504 lehte
...discouraged the use of this vile weed. In Tain 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 dangerous to the lungs. Opposition made proselytes ; and the united influence <>!' fashion and... | |
 | Sir John Sinclair - 1807 - 594 lehte
...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... | |
 | Sir John Carr - 1807 - 328 lehte
...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... | |
 | Sir John Carr - 1807 - 334 lehte
...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... | |
 | sir John Carr - 1807 - 538 lehte
...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... | |
 | John Brand - 1810 - 508 lehte
...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... | |
 | John Brand - 1810 - 510 lehte
...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... | |
 | James Peller Malcolm - 1811 - 454 lehte
...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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... 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. 
