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Page 241
... tobacco . Regretfully , it seems , Sandys finally recognized tobacco as a com- modity of high commercial significance for the economic welfare of the colonists , but his remarks about the plant were never com- plimentary . Speaking of ...
... tobacco . Regretfully , it seems , Sandys finally recognized tobacco as a com- modity of high commercial significance for the economic welfare of the colonists , but his remarks about the plant were never com- plimentary . Speaking of ...
Page 284
... tobacco recognized no class distinction ; for as early as April 20 , 1614 , the Journal of the House of Commons recorded that " many of the divines now smell of tobacco and poor men spend 4d of their day's wages at night in smoke . " At ...
... tobacco recognized no class distinction ; for as early as April 20 , 1614 , the Journal of the House of Commons recorded that " many of the divines now smell of tobacco and poor men spend 4d of their day's wages at night in smoke . " At ...
Page 285
... Tobacco makes no stay , But seizeth where it should . More incense hath burned At great Kawashae's foote , Than to Silèn and Bacchus both , And take in Jove to boote.2 Subsequently to John Rolfe's development of imported tobacco seed ...
... Tobacco makes no stay , But seizeth where it should . More incense hath burned At great Kawashae's foote , Than to Silèn and Bacchus both , And take in Jove to boote.2 Subsequently to John Rolfe's development of imported tobacco seed ...
Contents
Foreword ix | 1 |
Corporate Plans for Planting | 34 |
Nadir and Upswing | 165 |
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