The mysteries of tobacco / by the Rev. Benjamin I. Lane ; with an introductory letter addressed to the Hon. John Quincy Adams by the Rev. Samuel Hanson Cox.

  • Lane, Benjamin I. (Benjamin Ingersol), 1797-1875.
Date:
1845
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Credit: The mysteries of tobacco / by the Rev. Benjamin I. Lane ; with an introductory letter addressed to the Hon. John Quincy Adams by the Rev. Samuel Hanson Cox. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    patient and attentive near him ; and through all the well-cooked courses and dainties, he was spa- ring and abstemious, waiting—for a cigar. All that series of various excellence, preceding his favorite luxury, he valued only as a tolerably tedious turn- pike road to the pleasures of fumation. Presently, some fine yellow Spaniards were served—when the Doctor, recovering his spirits, reached prompt and far to secure one, not unobserved by Mr. Morris. The consciously awkward action occasioned a mutual glance, when the following dialogue en- sued, to the no small interest of the arrested circle. Do Gentlemen smoke in France, Mr. Morris ? Gentlemen, Doctor, smoke no where. What, Sir ? Oh ! Pardon—hope I don't offend, Sir. Oh ! no. It takes all sorts to make a world. Gentleman, in Paris, means something, Doctor. Smoke, then, if you choose ; we have old clothes on. I was not, however, aware of your habit.