 They beheld several of the natives going about with firebrands in their hands, and certain dried herbs which they rolled up in a leaf, and lighting one end, put the other in their mouths, and continued exhaling aud puffing out the smoke. A roll of this...  Cuba, Old and New - Page 219by Albert Gardner Robinson - 1915 - 264 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1828 - 448 pages
...of man Tías since converted into an universal luxury, in defiance of the opposition of the senses. They beheld several of the natives going about with...and continued exhaling and puffing out the smoke. These rolls they called tobacco, a name since transferred to the plant of which they were made. The... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1828 - 502 pages
...caprice of man has since converted into a universal luxury, in defiance of the opposition of the senses. They beheld several of the natives going about with...and continued exhaling and puffing out the smoke. These rolls they called tobacco, a name since transferred-to the plant of which they were made. The... | |
 | William Grimshaw - 1830 - 262 pages
...natives walking about with fire-brands in their hands, and a certain dried herb, now called tobacco, which they rolled up in a leaf, and, lighting one end, put the other into their mouths, and continued puffing out the smoke. The return of the envoys destroyed many splendid... | |
 | 1832 - 872 pages
...visit to Cuba, in 1492: — "They beheld," says Irving, in the 1st vol. of his Life of Columbuti " several of the natives going about with firebrands...end, put the other in their mouths, and continued inhaling and puffing out the smoke." About fourscore years later it was introduced into British Society... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich, Stephen T. Allen - 1842 - 418 pages
...them. It was here that tobacco was first discovered. When the envoys were on their return, they saw several of the natives going about with firebrands...leaf, and lighting one end, put the other in their Indians smoking. mouths, and continued inhaling and puffing out the smoke. A roll of this kind they... | |
 | Conway Robinson, Virginia Historical Society - 1848 - 590 pages
...luxury, in defiance of the • Irving's Columbui, vol. 1, p. 105 lo 199. opposition of the senses. They beheld several of the natives going about with...up in a leaf, and lighting one end, put the other end in their mouths, and continued exhaling and puffing out the smoke. A roll of this kind they called... | |
 | 1856 - 794 pages
...Island. Disappointed in the object of their search, they were returning to the ship, when they saw the natives going about with firebrands in their hands,...up in a leaf, and lighting one end, put the other into their mouths, and continued inhaling and puffing out the smoke. A roll of this kind they called... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1898 - 632 pages
...island. In his account of the first voyage of Columbus, Padre Las Casas says, — " They beheld many of the natives going about with fire-brands in their...leaf, and lighting one end, put the other in their months, and continued exhaling or puffing out the smoke. A roll of this kind they called a ' tabaco,'... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1866 - 542 pages
...since converted into an universal luxury, in defiance of the opposition of the senses. They behold several of the natives going about with firebrands...which they rolled up in a leaf, and lighting one end, piit the other in their mouths, and continued exlmling and puffing out the smoke. A roll of this kind... | |
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