Character of a Coffee-House (1673) [ ]
… The Room stinks of Tobacco worse than Hell of Brimstone, and is as full of smoak as their Heads that frequent it, whose humours are as various as those of Bedlam, and their discourse oft-times as Heathenish and dull as their Liquor; that … a conceited Irony, a ridiculous Simile, a wilde fetch, an unexpected Inference, a Minick Gesture, a pleasing knack in humouring a Tale, and lastly an irresistable Resolution to speak last, and never be dasht out of Countenance: By these … "The Room stinks of Tobacco worse than Hell of Brimstone, and is as full of smoak as their Heads that frequent it, whose humours are as various as those of Bedlam, and their discourse oft-times as Heathenish and dull as their Liquor..." … …
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