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had he drawn in a mouthful than the 

 smoke, which he knew not how to expel, 

 turned back into his palate, penetrated 

 into his throat, and came out by his nose 

 and blinded him. 



"As soon as he recovered his breath, 

 he ejaculated, Take that away from me ! 

 What abomination ! Oh ! the swine ! 

 my stomach turns.' In fact, he felt him- 

 self so incommoded for at least an hour, 

 that he renounced forever the pleasure of 

 a habit which he said was only fit to 

 amuse sluggards." 



MAZZINI'S SANG-FROID AS A 

 SMOKER. 



THIS famous Italian exile was fore- 

 warned that his assassination had been 

 planned and that men had been dis- 

 patched to London for the purpose, but 

 he made no attempt to exclude them from 

 his house. One day the conspirators 



