TabagieswerenotuncommonamongGermanSovereignsofthatepoch:
GeorgeI。atHanoverhadhisSmoking—room，andselectsmokingPartyonanevening；andevenatLondon，aswenoticed，smokednightly，wettinghisroyalthroatwiththinbeer，inpresenceofhisfatandofhisleanMistress，iftherewerenoothercompany。
Tobacco，——introducedbytheSwedishsoldiersintheThirty—YearsWar，saysome；orevenbytheEnglishsoldiersintheBohemianorPalatinatebeginningsofsaidWar，sayothers；——tobacco，onceshownthem，wasenthusiasticallyadoptedbytheGermanpopulations，longinwantofsuchanarticle；andhasdoneimportantmultifariousfunctionsinthatcountryeversince。
Fortruly，inPolitics，Morality，andalldepartmentsoftheirPracticalandSpeculativeaffairs，wemaytraceitsinfluences，goodandbad，tothisday。
Influencesgenerallybad；pacificatorybutbad，engagingyouinidlecloudydreams；——stillworse，promotingcomposureamongthepalpablychaoticanddiscomposed；soothingallthingsintolazypeace；thatallthingsmaybelefttothemselvesverymuch，andtothelawsofgravityanddecomposition。WherebyGermanaffairsarecometobegreatlyovergrownwithfungusesinourTime；andgivesymptomsofdryandofwetrot，whereverhandled。GeorgeI。，wesay，hadhisTabagie；andotherGermanSovereignshad:butnoneofthemturnedittoaPoliticalInstitution，asFriedrichWilhelmdid。Thethriftyman；findingitwouldserveinthatcapacitywithal。Hehadtakenitupasacommonplacesolaceandamusement: