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"I thought you were aware that I did not permit such lads as you to use tobacco." "If you please, sir," replied the mizen-top-boy, touching his hat, "I'se got worms, and they say that smoking be good for them." "Good for them!" said the first lieutenant; "yes, very good for them but very bad for you. Why, my good fellow, they'll thrive upon tobacco until they grow as large as conger eels.
Frederick Marryat - Peter Simple

The next morning I was on deck at seven bells, to see the hammocks stowed, when I was witness to Mr Falcon, the first lieutenant, having recourse to one of his remedies to cure a mizen-top-boy of smoking, a practice to which he had a great aversion.
Frederick Marryat - Peter Simple

The next morning I was on deck at seven bells, to see the hammocks stowed, when I was witness to Mr Falcon, the first lieutenant, having recourse to one of his remedies to cure a mizen-top-boy of smoking, a practice to which he had a great aversion.
Frederick Marryat - Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2
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