 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
 | 1872 - 586 pages
...potable gold and philosopher's stones; a sovereign remedy for all diseases. A good vomit I confess; a virtuous herb, if it be well qualified, opportunely...taken, and medicinally used ; but as it is commonly used by most men, who take it as tinkers do ale, 'tis a plague, a mischief, a violent purge of goods,... | |
 | I. C. Wellcome - Nicotine addiction - 1875 - 96 pages
...in his work entitled "The Anatomy of Melancholy," says of tobacco, "A good vomit, a virtuous hero, if it be well qualified, opportunely taken, and medicinally used; but as iti-s commonly abused by most men, which take it as tinkers do ale, 'tis a plague, a mischief, a violent... | |
 | lord William Pitt Lennox - 1877 - 502 pages
...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...commonly abused by most men (which take it as tinkers take ale), 'tis a plague, a mischief, a violent purger of goods, lands, health — hellish, devilish,... | |
 | Robert Burton - Melancholy - 1880 - 488 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 plague, a mischief, a violent purger of goods, lands, health; hellish, devilish and damned tobacco,... | |
 | Robert Burton - Melancholy - 1880 - 480 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 plague, a mischief, a violent purger of goods, lands, health; hellish, devilish and damned tobacco,... | |
 | Robert Burton - Depression, Mental - 1881 - 808 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 taken, and medicinally used ; hut as it is commonly abused by most men, which take it as tinkers do ale, 'tis a plague, a mischief,... | |
 | Alcoholic beverages - 1885 - 164 pages
...papers." — Sen Jonson. TOBACCO. The Metamorphosis of Tobacco, 4to. 1602 " 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 plague, a mischief, a violent purger of goods, lands, health, hellish, devilish, and damned... | |
 | Alcoholic beverages - 1885 - 184 pages
...papers." — Ben Jonson. TOBACCO. The Metamorphosis of Tobacco, 4to. 1602 " 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 plague, a mischief, a violent purger of goods, lands, health, hellish, devilish, and damned... | |
 | Margaret Oliver Woods Lawrence - 1885 - 298 pages
...Robert Burton, who, in his Anatomy of Melancholy, discriminatingly says of tobacco, " A good vomit, a virtuous herb, if it be well qualified, opportunely...abused by most men, which take it as tinkers do ale, 'tis a plague, a mischief, a violent purger of goods, lands, health ; hellish, devilish, and damned... | |
 | Alfred Waites - Smoking - 1887 - 104 pages
...the novelift's affertion, 'tis with a fhock that we read as follows : — "A good vomit, I confefs, a virtuous herb, if it be well qualified, opportunely taken, and medicinally ufed ; but as it is commonly abufed by moft men, which take it as tinkers do ale, 'tis a plague, a... | |
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