Mirror of Literature,  12 (1828), 79.

Smoking

Anon

Genre:

Miscellaneous, Drollery

Subjects:

Invention, Military Technology, Pollution


    'Joshuah Silvester questioned whether the devil had done more harm in latter ages by means of fire and smoke, through the invention of guns, or of tobacco-pipes [...]'.



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