...of God, should be wilfully corrupted by this stinking smoke A custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful! to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black stinking fume thereof neerest resembling the horrible Stygian smoake of the pit that is bottomless." * The Popes Urban VIII....

...of smoking is anathematized as "loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, paineful to the braine, dangerous to the lungs; and in the black, stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless." In the time of Elizabeth, an edict was published against...

...of smoking is anathematized as "loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, paineful to the braine, dangerous to the lungs; and in the black, stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless." In the time of Elizabeth, an edict was published against...

...Notwithstanding King James used to say, " that it was hateful to the nose, loathsome to the eye, hurtful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black...stinking fume thereof nearest resembling the horrible stygean smoke of the pit that is bottomless." Pope Urban, the Eighth, published a bull against its...

...both persons and goods, and in conclusion declares it to be a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black and stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless."...

...(1858-1915) French critic, novelist See Artaud on DEFECATION Smoking A custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the...stinking fume thereof nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless. King James I of England (1566-1625) There's nothing quite...

...unfamiliar with tobacco. In 1604, King James I of England called smoking "loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs", and perhaps more unprintable comments. He beheaded Sir Walter Raleigh for political involvement, the history...

...which he ends with the memorable line calling tobacco smoking "a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the...stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless" (Workes 222). In addition James produced numerous political...

...Have Not (film) (1 944). Lauren Bacall's screen-debut line. 6 A custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the...stinking fume thereof nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless. JAMES i OF ENGLAND, JAMES vi OF SCOTLAND, (1566-1625)...

...tobacco takers that after their death were opened . . . It is a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the...stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.6 King James I A Counterblast to Tobacco, early 1660s smoking...