Nicotiana; or, the smoker's and snuff-taker's companion; containing the history of tobacco; culture, medical qualities and the laws relative to its importation and manufacture; with an essay in its defence. The whole elegantly embellished and interspersed with original poetry and anecdotes, being intended as an amusing and instructive volume for all genuine lovers of the herb / [Henry James Meller].

  • Meller, Henry James.
Date:
1832
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Credit: Nicotiana; or, the smoker's and snuff-taker's companion; containing the history of tobacco; culture, medical qualities and the laws relative to its importation and manufacture; with an essay in its defence. The whole elegantly embellished and interspersed with original poetry and anecdotes, being intended as an amusing and instructive volume for all genuine lovers of the herb / [Henry James Meller]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SELECT POETRY. TOBACCO. [From a Book Published in 1618, called Texnotumia, or the Marriage of the Arts.] Tobacco’s a musician—and in a pipe delighteth It descends in a close, thro’ the organs of the nose, With a relish that inviteth. This makes me sing so-lio !—so-ho ! boys — Ho! boys, sound I loudly — Earth ne’er did breed such a jovial weed, Whereof to boast so proudly. Tobacco is a lawyer—his pipes do love long cases. When our brains it enters, our feet do make indentures, While we scale with stamping paces. This makes me sing, &c. Tobacco’s a physician — good, both for sound and sickly, ’Tis a hot perfume that expels cold rheume, And makes it flow down quickly. This makes me sing, &c.