The manners and customs of all nations; also, remarkable biographies, notable histories, eccentric sects, singular inventions, natural curiosities, mystical sciences, extraordinary buildings, wonderful animals,- &c., being a compendium of universal information .. (1827)
Platts, John, 1775-1837 · London, H. Fisher, Son, and Co · leaf 813
hat one pipe was handed from man to man round the table. Sir Walter Raleigh, standing at a stand, at Sir Robert Poyntz parke, at Acton, took a pipe of tobacco, which made the ladies quit it till he had done. Within these thirty-five years,” he adds, (about 1630,) it was then sold for its weight in… … one of the most curious and beautiful of nature’s productions, in the genial climate of India, where she sports with the greatest variety and profusion. Each tree is in itself a grove ; and some of them are of an amazing size and extent, and, contrary to most other animal and vegetable productions,…
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