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Letter to Editor
August 17, 1764
The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
A correspondent requests the printer to publish a poetic extract from a London Magazine listing six reasons a young lady favors snuff-taking, countering a prior extract that displeased some ladies.
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To the PRINTER.
SIR,
The Extract you lately made from a London Paper on the Practice of Snuff-Taking, not meeting with the best Acceptance from some LADIES; you are desired to insert in your next, the following Extract from a London Magazine, Viz.
SIX Reasons given by a young Lady for taking a Pinch of SNUFF.
When strong Perfume and noisome Scent The suff'ring Nose invade, Snuff, best of India Weeds, presents Its salutary Aid.
When Vapours swim before the Eyes, And cloud the dizzy Brain, Snuff, to dispel the Mist, applies Its quick enliv'ning Grain.
When pensively we sit or walk, (Each social Friend away) Snuff, best supplies the Want of Talk, And cheers the lonely Day.
The Hand like Alabaster fair, The Diamond's sparkling Pride, Can ne'er so gracefully appear, If Snuff should be deny'd :
Nature in vain on distant Rocks Pours forth her ambient Store. To form the curious polish'd Box, Should Snuff use no more.
E'en Commerce, Name of Sweetest Sound To ev'ry British Ear, Must suffering droop, Should Snuff be found Unworthy of our Care.
The smallest Pinch of Snuff we take Helps Trade in some Degree ; The smallest Drops of Water make The vast unbounded Sea.
Think, Sir, (for sure that Reason both Will move the noble Mind) Though in granting my Request.
A kind
SIR,
The Extract you lately made from a London Paper on the Practice of Snuff-Taking, not meeting with the best Acceptance from some LADIES; you are desired to insert in your next, the following Extract from a London Magazine, Viz.
SIX Reasons given by a young Lady for taking a Pinch of SNUFF.
When strong Perfume and noisome Scent The suff'ring Nose invade, Snuff, best of India Weeds, presents Its salutary Aid.
When Vapours swim before the Eyes, And cloud the dizzy Brain, Snuff, to dispel the Mist, applies Its quick enliv'ning Grain.
When pensively we sit or walk, (Each social Friend away) Snuff, best supplies the Want of Talk, And cheers the lonely Day.
The Hand like Alabaster fair, The Diamond's sparkling Pride, Can ne'er so gracefully appear, If Snuff should be deny'd :
Nature in vain on distant Rocks Pours forth her ambient Store. To form the curious polish'd Box, Should Snuff use no more.
E'en Commerce, Name of Sweetest Sound To ev'ry British Ear, Must suffering droop, Should Snuff be found Unworthy of our Care.
The smallest Pinch of Snuff we take Helps Trade in some Degree ; The smallest Drops of Water make The vast unbounded Sea.
Think, Sir, (for sure that Reason both Will move the noble Mind) Though in granting my Request.
A kind
What sub-type of article is it?
Poetic
Comedic
Persuasive
What themes does it cover?
Social Issues
Morality
What keywords are associated?
Snuff Taking
Ladies
Poem
London Magazine
Social Habit
What entities or persons were involved?
The Printer
Letter to Editor Details
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Main Argument
requests insertion of a poetic defense of snuff-taking from a london magazine to counter a previous extract that displeased some ladies.
Notable Details
Poem Lists Six Humorous Reasons For Snuff Taking By A Young Lady
References Commerce And Trade Benefits