Tobacco: Its History and Associations; Including an Account of the Plant and Its Manufacture; with Its Modes of Use in All Ages and CountriesChatto and Windus, 1876 - 332 páginas |
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... Th ' abused war ' far their betters . " In the words of a popular author the controversy may be accepted as “ An admirable illustration of the effect which thought , constantly directed in a wrong channel CONTROVERSIES . 9.
... Th ' abused war ' far their betters . " In the words of a popular author the controversy may be accepted as “ An admirable illustration of the effect which thought , constantly directed in a wrong channel CONTROVERSIES . 9.
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... popular , and went through several . Our cut is copied from that published at Salamanca , 1547. It is remarkable as the first en- graving ever published of the primitive tobacco - pipe . that that name is not given to the herb , 14 ...
... popular , and went through several . Our cut is copied from that published at Salamanca , 1547. It is remarkable as the first en- graving ever published of the primitive tobacco - pipe . that that name is not given to the herb , 14 ...
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... popular customs is gene- rally involved in obscurity , it is the natural result of that very popularity which seems to render the office of historian unnecessary . Tradition thus occupies the place of the written chronicle , and when ...
... popular customs is gene- rally involved in obscurity , it is the natural result of that very popularity which seems to render the office of historian unnecessary . Tradition thus occupies the place of the written chronicle , and when ...
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... popular hero English tradition has chosen as the originator of smoking among ourselves . He certainly made it fashionable , sanctioned it by his custom , and gave it " a good standing in society ; " but it seems to have been intro ...
... popular hero English tradition has chosen as the originator of smoking among ourselves . He certainly made it fashionable , sanctioned it by his custom , and gave it " a good standing in society ; " but it seems to have been intro ...
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... and Sir Francis Drake were the first planters of it here , and not Sir Walter Raleigh , which is the common error ; so difficult is it to fix popular discoveries . " 99 standing in a stand at Sir Ro . Poyntz ANECDOTES of raleiGH . 51.
... and Sir Francis Drake were the first planters of it here , and not Sir Walter Raleigh , which is the common error ; so difficult is it to fix popular discoveries . " 99 standing in a stand at Sir Ro . Poyntz ANECDOTES of raleiGH . 51.
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Tobacco: Its History and Associations; Including an Account of the Plant and ... Frederick William Fairholt Visualização integral - 1859 |
Tobacco: Its History and Associations; Including an Account of the Plant and ... Frederick William Fairholt Visualização integral - 1876 |
Tobacco: Its History and Associations; Including an Account of the Plant and ... Frederick William Fairholt Visualização integral - 1859 |
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