The Anatomy of Tobacco
vitâ Poetæ) by Gossius.[1] For the excellence of this writer see also Moncurius Scepticus in his Orationes Notilocellenses (South-windy Discourses), where he interrupts himself in the midst of denouncing a certain obscure and contemptible sect called Christians to exalt and magnify this notable Dummerkopfius.
And his is certainly the most worthy to be read of all such works, for in the preface to his disquisition he giveth all that hath been said on either side since the very dawn of Pipe Philosophy, which preface extendeth to only ten volumes of the book (it having but one hundred and twenty volumes in all). And as a concluding, final, and transcendental testimony to the excellence of these Foggy Nights the aforesaid Wattsius can detect one naevus alone in toto egregio corpore,
- ↑ And here be it remarked that Gossius doth speak of the aforesaid poet as a "sweet singer," whence it is evident that the Cave-Dwellers were well acquainted with the science and art of music, and also that their era must be placed before the descent of the Wagnerids upon the continent of Europe, else would not their singing be sweet.
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