WIST Quotations

James I (King) -- “A Counterblaste to Tobacco” (1604)

Dave — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:11:26 +0000

Herein is not only a great vanity, but a great contempt of God’s gifts, that the sweetness of man’s breath, being a good gift of God, should be willfully corrupted by this stinking smoke.

King James I (1566-1625) King of Great Britain
“A Counterblaste to Tobacco” (1604)

James I (King) -- A Counterblaste to Tobacco (1604)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

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, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.

King James I (1566-1625) King of Great Britain
A Counterblaste to Tobacco (1604)