 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
 | Joseph Smith Auerbach - Essays - 1914 - 344 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... | |
 | Joseph Smith Auerbach - 1914 - 150 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,... | |
 | Clyde Bowman Furst - American essays - 1916 - 248 pages
...superexcellent tobacco, which goes far beyond all the panaceas, potable gold, and philosopher's stones, . . . but as it is commonly abused by most men, which take it as tinkers do ale, 't is a plague, a mischief, a violent purger of goods, lands, health, hellish, devilish and damned... | |
 | Torsten Hilding Svartengren - English language - 1918 - 558 pages
...boy: Work enough, wench enough, drink enough." Armin, Two Maids of Morecl., 1609, (Lean), [tobacco] is commonly abused by most men, which take it as Tinkers do Ale. Burton, AM, II, 264. We meet him as a champion drinker in the following verses: — There was a jovial... | |
 | English language - 1919 - 320 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,... | |
 | Ben Jonson - 1919 - 316 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,... | |
 | Christopher Morley - Book sellers and book selling - 1919 - 314 pages
...beyond all the panaceas, potable gold, and philosopher's stones, a sovereign remedy to all diseases ... 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... | |
 | Disabled veterans - 1921 - 616 pages
...philosopher's stones, a sovrain remedy to all diseases. A good vomit (emetic) I confess, a vertuous herb, if it be well qualified, opportunely taken,...commonly abused by most men which take it as tinkers do »le, 'tis a plague, a mischief, a violent purger of goods, lands, health — hellish, divelish, and... | |
 | Nicolaas Zwager - Literary landmarks - 1926 - 276 pages
...physician's hair stand on end. Burton calls it: a sovereign remedy to all diseases, A good vomit, I confesse, a virtuous herb, if it be well qualified, opportunely taken and medicinally used. ') Harrison observes that it is used against: "Rewmes and some other diseases ingendred in the longes... | |
 | American essays - 1883 - 998 pages
...their Panaceas, potable gold and Philosophers stones, a soveraign remedy to all diseases. A vertuous herb, if it be well qualified, opportunely taken,...abused by most men, which take it as Tinkers do Ale, 't is a plague, a mischief, a violent purger o£ goods, land, health, hellish, devilish and damned... | |
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