Show celebrated SNUFF nufi TAKERS among men of large intellect snut snuff taking has been rather common it may have been felt by them as a counter irritant to the overworked over worked brain pope and swift were snuff takers the latter made hi his is b by r ML mixing pounded tobacco with ready renay manufactured spanish snuff bolingbroke congreve and addison indulged in it gibbon was a confirmed snuff taker and in one 0 be of his hi S letters has left this account of his mode of using it all 1 I drew my snuffbox snuff box it took snuff twice and continued my discourse int in my ray usual attitude of my body bent forwards and my forefinger stretched out in the silhouette prefixed to his bis miscellaneous works he is represented indulging 9 his bis habit and looking as Colman expresses it I 1 cielke an erect black tadpole tadpoles taking taken frederick the great loved it so entirely that he had capacious pockets made to hia his waistcoat that be he might have as little trouble as possible in getting for immediate use the largest quantity he could desire it is said that unlike the frater fraternity pity piti of snuff takers lie he disliked others to take a pinch from his box lox and ance once detecting a page doing sofrom one lying in n an adjoining room exclaimed put that box in in your pocket it is too small for both of us george II 11 had bad the same selfish dislike but ex ils eis reused it more rudely when he threw away is box in great anger at a masquerade because a 4 gentleman took a pinch napoleon carried c a r lod jed snuff in a similar way and many of t the he sovereign pontiffs ls of the h chu church ach have been confirmed snuff takers tobacco its history and associations ily lly by F W fairholt t |