1 He who doth not smoke hath either known no great griefs, or refuseth himself the softest consolation, next to that which comes from heaven. BULWER-LYTTON-What Will He Do With It? Bk. I. Ch. VI. 2 Woman in this scale, the weed in that, Jupiter, hang out thy balance, and weigh them both; and if thou give the preference to woman, all I can say is, the next time Juno ruffles theeO Jupiter, try the weed. BULWER-LYTTON-What Will He Do With It? Bk. I. Ch. VI. 3 Tobacco, divine, rare superexcellent tobacco, which goes far beyond all panaceas, potable gold and philosopher's stones, a sovereign remedy to all diseases. BURTON-Anatomy of Melancholy. 4 After he had administer'd a dose 5 Sublime tobacco! which from east to west, When tipp'd with amber, mellow, rich, and ripe; BYRON-The Island. Canto II. St. 19. Of worldly stuff, Thus think, then drink tobacco. Attributed to ERSKINE-Gospel Sonnets. Meditations on Tobacco. Pt. I. Printed in a Collection Two Broadsides against Tobacco. (1672) ERSKINE claimed only Pt. II. Pt. Ì. is from an old poem. 10 (See also SCOTT, G. W.) Tobacco, an outlandish weed, And makes him sit for others' gaze; FAIRHOLT J. Payne Collier's MS. 11 With pipe and book at close of day, It matters not what book on knee, It matters not meerschaum or clay. RICHARD LE GALLIENNE. In Volumes in Folio. See COPE's Smoker's Garland. 12 Tobacco is a traveler, Come from the Indies hither; It passed sea and land Ere it came to my hand, And 'scaped the wind and weather. Tobacco's a musician, And in a pipe delighteth; It descends in a close, Through the organ of the nose, With a relish that inviteth. BARTEN HOLIDAY-Texnotamia. (1630) 13 Some sigh for this and that; My wishes don't go far; The world may wag at will, 14 Neither do thou lust after that tawney weed tobacco. BEN JONSON-Bartholomew Fair. Act II. Sc. 6. 15 Ods me I marle what pleasure or felicity they have in taking their roguish tobacco. It is good for nothing but to choke a man, and fill him full of smoke and embers. BEN JONSON-Every Man in His Humour. Act III. Sc. 2. 16 And a woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke. KIPLING-The Betrothed. |