Author: Leolinus SiluriensisPublisher:
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The Anatomy of Tobacco
Author: Leolinus SiluriensisThe Anatomy of Tobacco, Or, Smoking Methodised, Divided, and Considered After a New Fashion
Author: Arthur MachenPublisher:
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Category : Smoking
Languages : en
Pages : 104
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The Anatomy of Tobacco, Or, Smoking Methodised, Divided, and Considered After a New Fashion
Author: Arthur 1863-1947 MachenPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781014875600
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Languages : en
Pages : 104
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The Anatomy of Tobacco, Or, Smoking Methodised, Divided, and Considered After a New Fashion
Author: Arthur MacHenPublisher: Theclassics.Us
ISBN: 9781230350950
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Languages : en
Pages : 30
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 edition. Excerpt: ...of Honeydew, one of Birdseye, and three of Cavendish, the Honeydew contributing blandness, the Birdseye fragrance, and the Cavendish strength. And this must be said in favour of admixtures--that by smoking several kinds of tobacco in combination the student approximates more nearly to the universal energy than if he smoke one kind alone, for it is to be considered that each sort has its peculiar excellences and its peculiar defects, whence by mixing several sorts in such a proportion that the excellences are combined in a harmony-and the defects or vices annulled, we are near to that ideal tobacco possessing every conceivable excellence and no conceivable vice. So much, then, for the various kinds of Tobacco, the properties thereof, and the combinations thereof. Now Smalgruelius, in the Appendix to his work De Omnibus Rebus, Hence the memorial lines: --Latakia, et Turkish, Returns, Virginia, Birdseye, Shag, Honeydew, Cavendish: --omnia fumifera. It is doubted whether these be the lines in the mind of the poet when he speaks of a "most burlesque, barbarous experiment." This I leave to the consideration of the curious in such matters. entitled De Quibusdem Aliis, at the beginning of the chapter De Rebus Hypotheticis, has these words: --" Anything which can be applied to some use, and, on being s-o applied, is incapable of being used again, is said to exist in three modes, namely--I. Privation. II. Position. III. Negation. Exempli gratia coal, which before it is burnt exists in privation; when it is burning, in position; and when it is burnt to ashes, in negation. Such substance is said to be determinate. And anything which is capable of being applied to some use, and on being applied continues its usefulness to infinity, is said...
The Anatomy of Tobacco
Author: Leolinus SiluriensisPublisher:
ISBN: 9780649421145
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 108
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The Anatomy of Tobacco
Author: Arthur MachenPublisher:
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Category : Nicotine addiction
Languages : en
Pages : 206
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Smoke Rings and Roundelays - Pipes and Tobacco
Author: Wilfred PartingtonPublisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1446546373
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
“Smoke Rings and Roundelays - Pipes and Tobacco” is a 1924 collection of prose and verse by Wilfred Partington, all connected through the common theme of the joys of smoking. Dealing with tobacco, pipes snuff, cigars and more, these charming pieces are sure to entertain those with an interest in the subject. Contents Include: “History", "Tobacco", "Pipe Songs and Fancies", "Woman and the Weed", "Some Great Pipemen", "Cigars", "Cigarettes", "Snuff", "Virtues of the leaf", "Parodies", "Pipe Varieties", "Tobacco and Books", "Philosophy of Smoke", "Recipes and Hints", "Smoking Accessories", "Bibliography”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on the history of smoking.
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Author: The Great God Pan and Other Horror Stories
Author: Arthur MachenPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198813163
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Arthur Machen is a significant figure in supernatural and horror literature, in the genre of 'weird fiction'. This collection brings together his best horror tales with a full contextual introduction and which helps to illuminate Machen's place in the literary and cultural milieu of 1890s Britain.