Geschichte des Tabaks und anderer ähnlicher GenussmittelH.L. Brönner, 1854 - 441 pages |
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Amerika Azteken bekannt besuchte Betel Bewohner Blåtter Brasilien Calumet China Chinesen Cigarren Coca Convulsionen Cultur des Tabaks Dayaks deſſen Dieß Einfluß Eingebornen eingeführt Erbrechen erhellet ersten Europa fand ferner Fluß Frauen Friedenspfeife führt Fuß Gambir Gebrauch des Tabaks Genuß geraucht getrockneten Große Geist Guiana Handel Hanf Häuptling heftige heißt Hispaniola Holländer Indianer Indien Inseln iſt Jahr Java jezt Juan de Grijalva Kauen kleinen Kopf Kraut Ländern läßt leidenschaftlich lich ließ London Malaien Männer Menschen Merico Minuten Mund muß Nachrichten nachtheilig Namen Nase Neger neuen Nicotiana Nicotin Opium Opiumrauchen Persien Peru Pfeife Pfeifenköpfe Pfund Portugiesen Provinz Pulver rauchen Reise Rohr rothen schnell Schnupfen Schnupftabak ſehr ſein ſeine ſelbſt ſich ſie ſind Sonne sowie Spanier Tabaco Tabak gebaut Tabak-Pflanze Tabakblåtter Tabakpfeifen Tabakrauchen Tabakschnupfen Tafel Thale Theil Thier Tropfen Nicotins üblich unsere verbreitet verursacht viel Tabak Virginischer Tabak Völker vorzüglich Voyage Wampum Wasser Wirkungen wohnenden zuerst
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Page 143 - I have been in the Indies (where this herb grows) where neither myself, nor a dozen gentlemen more (of my knowledge) have received the taste of any other nutriment in the world, for the space of one and twenty weeks, but the fume of this simple only. Therefore it cannot be, but 'tis most divine...
Page xxiii - Relation des quatre voyages entrepris par Christophe Colomb pour la découverte du Nouveau Monde...
Page 102 - ... perform the ceremony of smoking, which is considered necessary to their success. He lights his pipe, and remains a short time with his head inclined, and the stem of the pipe extended towards the herd. He then smokes, and puffs the smoke towards the bisons, towards the heavens, and the earth, and finally to the cardinal points successively.
Page 15 - I will not express my sentiments on smoking as a custom for the sex. I have recollections of beauteous lips profaned. Nevertheless, even in this I have seen a lady show her prettiness and refinement, barely touching 'the straw to her lips, as it were kissing it gently and taking it away. When a gentleman asks a lady for a light, she always removes the cigar from her lips.
Page 15 - Guatimala, smoke, married ladies puros, or all tobacco, and unmarried cigars, or tobacco wrapped in paper or straw. Every gentleman carries in his pocket a silver case, with a long string of cotton, steel and flint...
Page 281 - ... promised a better shelter for the next night. A good breakfast would have done much to restore our equanimity; but, unhappily, we found that the tortillas which we had brought out the day before, probably made of half-mouldy corn, by the excessive dampness were matted together, sour, and spoiled. We went through our beans, eggs, and chocolate without any substitute for bread, and, as often before in time of trouble, composed ourselves with a cigar. Blessed be the man who invented smoking, the...
Page 281 - ... wife, children, and friends." At about ten o'clock the Indians arrived with fresh tortillas and milk. Our guide, too, having finished cutting up and distributing the hog, was with them. He was the same who had been employed by Mr.
Page 78 - It is found but in the hands of the savage, and every tribe, and nearly every individual in the tribe has his pipe made of...
Page 106 - ... easily decipher. The Minnetarees have also a stone of the same kind. On the northern bank of the lower part of the Missouri there is a singular range of rocks, rising almost perpendicularly about 200 or 300 feet above the level of the river. These rocks the Indians call Manitou; and on or near them the neighbouring nations deposit most of their offerings to the Great Spirit or Father of Life ; because they imagine he either inhabits or frequently visits those rocks, and offerings presented there...
Page 106 - Manitou; and on or near them the neighbouring nations deposit most of their offerings to the Great Spirit or Father of Life ; because they imagine he either inhabits or frequently visits those rocks, and offerings presented there will sooner attract his notice and gain his favour than any where else. Those offerings consist of various articles, among which eagles' feathers are held in highest estimation ; and they are presented in order to obtain success in war or hunting.