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I sat by an eminent Storyteller and Politician who takes half an Ounce in five Seconds, and has mortgaged a pretty Tenement near the Town, meerly [sic] to improve and dung his Brains with this prolifick Powder.

Richard Steele

Richard Steele (1672–1729), British author. The Tatler, No. 35 (1709).

From an essay on taking snuff, the popular gentleman's drug consisting of a preparation of powdered tobacco.

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