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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... called into use over a book like this . I am willing to think , however , tha the peculiarities of my early training have here been of use . Disliking my father's trade , and , through many difficulties , happily emancipating myself ...
... called into use over a book like this . I am willing to think , however , tha the peculiarities of my early training have here been of use . Disliking my father's trade , and , through many difficulties , happily emancipating myself ...
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... called tabaco by the Indians ; " and Oviedo is careful to observe * Chemistry of Common Life , by Professor Johnston . + Historia General de las Indias , 1526 ; enlarged 1535 . The engraving does not occur in the earlier editions . The ...
... called tabaco by the Indians ; " and Oviedo is careful to observe * Chemistry of Common Life , by Professor Johnston . + Historia General de las Indias , 1526 ; enlarged 1535 . The engraving does not occur in the earlier editions . The ...
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... called from the herb , or the herb from the island ; I hope the curious and inquisitive reader will be well pleased to see that matter set in its true light . For the fact is that neither the island received its name from the herb , nor ...
... called from the herb , or the herb from the island ; I hope the curious and inquisitive reader will be well pleased to see that matter set in its true light . For the fact is that neither the island received its name from the herb , nor ...
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... called Petun by the Brazilians ; Tapaco , by the Spaniards : the leaves of which well dried they place in the open ( wide - spread ) part of a pipe , of which ( being burned ) the smoke is inhaled into the mouth by the more narrow part ...
... called Petun by the Brazilians ; Tapaco , by the Spaniards : the leaves of which well dried they place in the open ( wide - spread ) part of a pipe , of which ( being burned ) the smoke is inhaled into the mouth by the more narrow part ...
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... . It has happened to me several times that , going through the provinces of Guatemala and Nicaragua , I have entered the house of an Indian who had taken this herb , which in the Mexican language is called ITS PREPARATION . 19.
... . It has happened to me several times that , going through the provinces of Guatemala and Nicaragua , I have entered the house of an Indian who had taken this herb , which in the Mexican language is called ITS PREPARATION . 19.
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