For thy sake, Tobacco, I Would do anything but die.
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Gone before To that unknown and silent shore.
Permalink to quote #8 A good-natured woman...which is as much as you can expect from a friend's wife, whom you got acquainted with a bachelor.
Permalink to quote #10 Nursed amid her [London's] noise, her crowds, her beloved smoke, what have I been doing all my life, if I have not lent out my heart with usury to such scenes?
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