 Tobacco, divine, rare, superexcellent tobacco, which goes far beyond all the panaceas, potable gold, and philosopher's stones, a sovereign remedy to all diseases. A good vomit, I confess, a virtuous herb, if it be well qualified, opportunely taken, and...  Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review - Page 3231858Full view - About this book
 | Robert Southey - Children's stories - 1847 - 690 pages
...and philosopher's stones, a sovereign remedy to all diseases. A good vomit, I confesse, a vertuous herb, if it be well qualified, opportunely taken,...medicinally used ; but, as it is commonly abused by most 90 men, which take it as tinkers do ale, 'tis a plague, a mischief, a violent purger of goods, lands,... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1898 - 712 pages
...potable gold, and philosopher's stones, a sovereign remedy to all diseases. A good vomit, I confess, a virtuous herb, if it be well qualified, opportunely...abused by most men, which take it as tinkers do ale, 'tis a llague, a mischief, a violent purger of goods, lands, ealth, hellish, devilish, and damned tobacco,... | |
 | Brand - Christian antiquities - 1849 - 544 pages
...philosopher's stones, a sovereign remedy to all diseases. A good vomit, I confesse, a vertuous herbe, if it be well qualified, opportunely taken, and medicinally used ; but as it is commonly used by most men, which take it as tinkers do ale, 'tis a plague, a mischiefe, a violent purger of... | |
 | Robert Burton - Melancholy - 1850 - 728 pages
...potable gold, and philosopher's stones, a sovereign remedy to all diseases. A good vomit, I confess, w eX , & gD 2 O ]t 8 c}Ƙ F 0<} 'tis a plague, a mischief, a violent purger of goods, lands, health, hellish, devilish and damned tobacco,... | |
 | John Brodhead Beck - 1851 - 684 pages
...and philosopher's stones, a sovereign remedy to all diseases. A good vomit, I confesse, a vertuous herb, if it be well qualified, opportunely taken,...medicinally used ; but as it is commonly abused by men, which take it as tinkers do ale, 'tis a plague, a mischief, a violent purger of goods, lands,... | |
 | James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow, R. G. Barnwell, Edwin Bell, William MacCreary Burwell - Industries - 1852 - 746 pages
...celebrated author of the Anatomy of Melancholy : — " A good vomit I confesse ¡ a vertuous herbe, if it be well qualified, opportunely taken, and medicinally used ; but as it is commonly used by most men, which take it as tinkers do ale, 'tis a plague, a mischiefe, a violent purger of... | |
 | M. A. Thomson - 1856 - 318 pages
...the celebrated author of the Anatomy of Melancholy. — " A good vomit I confcsse ; a vertuous herbe, if it be well qualified, opportunely taken, and medicinally used ; but as it is commonly used by most men, which take it as tinkers do ale, 'tis a plague, a mischiefe, a violent purger of... | |
 | Sir Thomas Overbury - English literature - 1856 - 418 pages
...after its introduction. " A good vomit," says the quaint old Burton, " I confesse, a vertuous herbe, if it be well qualified, opportunely taken, and medicinally used ; but as it is most commonly used by most men, which take it as tinkers do ale, 'tis a plague, a mischiefe, a violent... | |
 | Sir Thomas Overbury - English literature - 1856 - 416 pages
...after its introduction. " A good vomit," says the quaint old Burton, " I confesse, a vertuous herbe, if it be well qualified, opportunely taken, and medicinally used ; but as it is most commonly used by most men, which take it as tinkers do ale, 'tis a plague, a mischiefe, a violent... | |
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