 | 1857 - 802 Seiten
...Think too, of the vulgarity of the habit. James the Sixth, in his famous Counterblast, describes it as "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... | |
 | Andrew Steinmetz - 1857 - 206 Seiten
...STREET. 1857. The right of Translation is reserved. OF ALFPE U CU3HORN POTTEK v?,t DEC. 15,1315 « 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... | |
 | Arthur Hill Hassall - 1857 - 756 Seiten
...novelty, so basely grounded, so foolishly received, and so grossly mistaken in the right use thereof. ' 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... | |
 | W. J. Lake - 1858 - 182 Seiten
...paralysis and torpor, vomiting, weakness, loss of appetite and indigestion. Termed by King James I. " a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose,...harmful to the brain, and dangerous to the lungs." In England an average of nineteen ounces per person consumed annually of what is well called — "... | |
 | 1858 - 784 Seiten
...become universal among the common people, a royal " counterblast to tobacco" was published against 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... | |
 | 1858 - 786 Seiten
...become universal among the common people, a royal " counterblast to tobacco" was published against 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... | |
 | English history - 1859 - 312 Seiten
...yourselves both in person and goods, and taking also thereby the notes and marks of van ity on you. A custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, and to the lungs dangerous." King Charles I. left six children: Charles, who succeeded him ; James duke... | |
 | John Lizars - 1859 - 144 Seiten
...novelty, so basely grounded, so foolishly received, and so grossly mistaken, in the right use thereof." "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... | |
 | New England journalist - 1859 - 328 Seiten
...famous Counterblast of King James against tobacco, he concludes the subject in the following strain : " 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... | |
 | John Warner Barber - 1860 - 478 Seiten
...weed." In vain King James assured his subjects, that the custom of smoking it was loathsome to the eyes, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, and dangerous to the lungs. Opposition made proselytes; and th« united influence of fashion and habit, extended the practice through the kingdom.* Tobacco was... | |
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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. 
