An Odd Volume for Smokers; a Lyttel Parcell of Poems and Parodyes in Prayse of Tobacco, Contayning Divers Conceited Ballades, and Pithie Sayinges by Walter Hamilton (2012, Trade Paperback)
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 Excerpt: ...ton joli nez--J'ai du bon tabac dans ma tabatiere, J'ai du bon tabac, tu n'en auras pas. Tel qui veut nier l'esprit de Voltaire, Est pour le sentir trop enchifrene. Cet esprit est trop raffine, Et lui passe devant le nez. Voltaire a l'esprit dans sa tabatiere, Et du bon tabac, tu n'en auras pas. Voila huit couplets, eela ne fait guere, Pour un tel sujet bien assaisonne; Mais j 'ai peur qu'un priseur mal ni, Me chante, en me liant au nez: J'ai du bon tabac dans ma tabatiere J'ai du bon tabac, tu n'en auras pas. Gabriel Charles De Latteignant (1697-1779.) A Pinch Of Snuff Oh Snuff our fashionable end and aim Strasburgh, Rappee, Dutch, Scotcli whate'er thy name; Powder celestial quintessence divine New joys entrance my soul, while thou art mine. Who takes--who takes thee not? where'er I range I smell thy sweets from Pall Mall to the 'Change. By thee assisted, Ladies kill the day, And breathe their scandal freely o'er their tea; Nor less they prize thy virtues when in bed, One pinch of thee revives the vapour'd head. Removes the spleen, removes the qualmish fit, And gives a brisker turn to female wit, Warms in the nose, refreshes like the breeze, Glows in the head, and tickles in the sneeze. Without it, Tinsel, what would be thy lot? What, but to strut neglected, and forgot What boots it for thee, to have dipt thy hands In odours wafted from Arabian lands? Ah what avails thy scented solitaire, Thy careless swing and pertly tripping air, The crimson wash, that glows upon thy face, Thy modish hat, and coat that flames with lace In Tain thy dress, in vain thy trimmings shine, If the Parisian snuffbox be not thine. Come to my nose, then, Snuff, nor come alone. Bring Taste with thee, for taste is all thy own. From The Shrubs of Parnassus, ..
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General Books LLC
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1130135837
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9781130135831
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Odd Volume for Smokers; a Lyttel Parcell of Poems and Parodyes in Prayse of Tobacco, Contayning Divers Conceited Ballades, and Pithie Sayinges