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The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4

CHAPTER XIII
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It causeth troublesome dreams, and sends up black vapors to the brain.

Galen, _Loc.

Affect_, lib.iii.cap.6, of all herbs condemns CABBAGE.

And Isaack, lib.ii.cap.1, _animae gravitatem facit_, it brings heaviness to the soul." I could not omit so flattering a testimony from an author who, having no theory of his own to serve, has so unconsciously contributed to the confirmation of mine.

It is well known that this last-named vegetable has, from the earliest periods which we can discover, constituted almost the sole food of this extraordinary race of people.
BURTON, _Junior_.
* * * * * HOSPITA ON THE IMMODERATE INDULGENCE OF THE PLEASURES OF THE PALATE.
TO THE EDITOR OF "THE REFLECTOR." MR.


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