...lightning flashed, And reeked, mid mountain bellows, unabashed, To .ZEolus a constant sacrifice, Through every change of all the varying skies. And what was he who bore it 1 — I may err, But deem him sailor or philosopher. Sublime tobacco ! which from east to west Cheers...

...lightning flash'd, And reek'd, 'midst mountain billows unabash'd, To JEolus a constant sacrifice, Through every change of all the varying skies. And what was...?—I may err, But deem him sailor or philosopher. 1 Sublime tobacco! which from .east to west Cheers, the tar's labour or the Turkman's rest; Which on...

...thee ; None e'er prosper'd who defam'd thee." See also on this subject Byron's praise of tobacco : " Sublime tobacco ! which from east to west, Cheers the Tar's labour, or the Turkman's rest," &c. The Island, Canto n. xix. In the notes to this passage (Murray's octavo ed. p. 168.) Dr. Johnson...

...Blessing?" I am, Sir, yours respectfully, . QED Much, ШТ. TH« SMOKING CONTROVERSY. " Sublime tobacco 1 which from east to west Cheers the tar's labour, or the Turkman's rest." — BÏRON. With your permission, Sir, in verse I'll try The controversy to diversify ; Though smoke...

...lightning flash'd, And reek'd, 'midst mountain-billows,unabash'd, To Л3о1ш a constant sacrifice. Through every change of all the varying skies. And what was...sailor or philosopher. ' Sublime tobacco ! which from cast to west Cheers the tar's labour or the Turkman's rest ; Which on the Moslem's ottoman divides...

...Byron (" The Island," canto ii., stanza lit.) says of the famous narcotic : — " Sublime Tohacco ! which from east to west Cheers the tar's labour or...Turkman's rest ; Which on the Moslem's ottoman divides His hours, and rivals opium and his brides ; Magnificent in Stamboul, but lees grand, Though not less loved,...

...Newmarket, Line 87. The child of tobacco, his pipes, and his papers. BEN JONSON. — The Fortunate Isles. Sublime tobacco ! which, from east to west, Cheers...Turkman's rest ; Which on the Moslem's ottoman divides His hours, and rivals opium and his brides ; Magnificent in Stamboul, but less grand, Though not less loved,...

...books, as women men, — for dress." F 4. " On the Grampian hills My father feeds his flocks." 5. " This from east to west Cheers the tar's labour, or the Turkman's rest" 6. " The west, that glimmers with some streaks of day, Now spurs the 'lated traveller apace To gain...

...lightning flash' d, And reek'd, midst mountain-billows, unabash'd, To JEolus a constant sacrifice, 'Through every change of all the varying skies. And what was...Turkman's rest ; Which on the Moslem's ottoman divides His hours, and rivals opium and his brides ; Magnificent in Stamboul, but less grand, Though not less loved,...

...father of Locke's and other philosophy, was an Inveterate smoker, — cveu to pipes beyond computation. And what was he who bore it ? — I may err. But deem...tobacco ! which from east to west Cheers the tar's labor or the Turkman's rest : Which on the Moslem's ottoman divides His hours, and rivals opium and...