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" ... office. A few days of this fearful luxury, when taken to excess, will give a pallid and haggard look to the face ; and a few months, or even weeks, will change the strong and healthy man into little better than an idiot skeleton. The pain they suffer... "
Pictorial History of China and India: Comprising a Description of Those ... - Page 349
edited by - 1851 - 592 pages
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The Dublin university magazine

University magazine - 1848 - 792 pages
...smoking for hours. At the head of each couch is placed a small lamp, as firo must be applied to Uie drug during the process of inhaling ; and from the...of this fearful luxury, when taken to excess, will import a pallid and haggird look to the features, and a few months, or even weeks, will change the...
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The New Monthly Belle Assemblée, Volume 14

Fashion - 456 pages
...during the process of inhaling ; and from the difficulty of filliug, and properly lighting the pipe, there is generally a person who waits upon the smoker...of this fearful luxury, when taken to excess, will give a pallid and haggard look to the face ; and a few montns, or even weeks, will change the strong...
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Six Months with the Chinese Expedition, Or, Leaves from a Soldier's Note-book

Robert Jocelyn Jocelyn (Viscount) - China - 1841 - 188 pages
...during the process of inhaling ; and, from the difficulty of filling and properly lighting the pipe, there is generally a person who waits upon the smoker...of this fearful luxury, when taken to excess, will give a pallid and haggard look to the face ; and a few months, or even weeks, will change the strong...
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The Monthly Review

Books - 1841 - 658 pages
...during the process of inhaling ; and, from the difficulty of filling and properly lighting the pipe, there is generally a person who waits upon the smoker...of this fearful luxury, when taken to excess, will give a pallid and haggard look to the face ; and a few months, or even weeks, will change the strong...
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The Journal of Civilization: Established for the Promotion of Civilization ...

Civilization - 1851 - 428 pages
...during the process of inhaling ; and from the difficulty of filling and properly lighting the pipe, there is generally a person who waits upon the smoker...of this fearful luxury, when taken to excess, will give a pallid and haggard look to the face ; and a few months, or even weeks, will change the strong...
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"Ten Thousand Chinese Things.": A Descriptive Catalogue of the Chinese ...

Nathan Dunn, William B. Langdon - China - 1842 - 212 pages
...during the process of inhaling ; and from the difficulty of filling and properly lighting the pipe, there is generally a person who waits upon the smoker...of this fearful luxury, when taken to excess, will give a pallid and haggard look to the face ; and a few months, or even weeks, will change the strong...
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Ten Thousand Things Relating to China and the Chinese: An Epitome of the ...

Nathan Dunn, William B. Langdon - Art objects, Chinese - 1842 - 338 pages
...during the process of inhaling ; and from the difficulty of filling and properly lighting the pipe, there is generally a person who waits upon the smoker...of this fearful luxury, when taken to excess, will give a pallid and haggard look to the face ; and a few months, or even weeks, will change the strong...
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The Saint Petersburg English Review of Literature, the Arts and ..., Volume 1

1842 - 602 pages
...during the process of inhaling; and, from the difficulty of tilling and properly lighting the pipe, there is generally a person who waits upon the smoker...of this fearful luxury, when taken to excess, will give a pallid and haggard look to the face ; and a few months, or even weeks, will change the strong...
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Chinese Collection, Now Exhibiting at St ...

William B. Langdon, Nathan Dunn - Art objects, Chinese - 1843 - 176 pages
...during the process of inhaling ; and from the difficulty of filling and properly lighting the pipe, there is generally a person who waits upon the smoker...of this fearful luxury, when taken to excess, will give a pallid and haggard look to the face ; and a few months, or even weeks, will change the strong...
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Containing modern history, from the outbreak of the French Revolution to the ...

Philip Alexander Prince - World history - 1843 - 790 pages
...during the process of inhaling : and, from the difficulty of filling and properly lighting the pipe, there is generally a person who waits upon the smoker to perform the office. A few days of this luxury, when taken to excess, will give a pallid and haggard look to the face ; and a few months, or...
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