(23) The Spanish had refined the original plant so that it smoked more easily and had a more pleasant taste, and this, of course, made it even more popular abroad
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The Counterblast says of it: And for the vanity committed in this filthy custom, is it not both great vanity and uncleanness, that at the table a place of respect of cleanliness, of modesty men should not be ashamed to sit tossing of tobacco-pipes and puffing of smoke, one at another, making the filthy smoke and stink thereof to exhale athwart the dishes, and infect the air, when very often men who abhor it are at their repast
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