 So very exciting to the nervous system in many individuals, is this Fungus, that the effects are often very ludicrous. If a person under its influence wishes to step over a straw or small stick, he takes a stride or a jump sufficient to clear the trunk...  Vegetable Substances Used for the Food of Man - Page 338by Edwin Lankester - 1832 - 396 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Wernerian Natural History Society, Edinburgh - Natural history - 1823 - 420 pages
...very exciting to the nervous system, in many individuals, is this fungus, that the effects are often very ludicrous. If a person under its influence wishes...the trunk of a tree ; a talkative person cannot keep silence or secrets ; and one fond of music is perpetually singing. The most singular effect of the... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Periodicals - 1823 - 572 pages
...very exciting to the nervous system, in many individuals, is this fungus, that the effects are often very ludicrous. If a person under its influence wishes...stride or a jump sufficient to clear the trunk of a tret;: a talkative person cannot keep .silence or secrets; and one fond of music is perpetually singing.... | |
 | Samuel Hibbert - Apparitions - 1825 - 514 pages
...very exciting to the nervous system in many individuals is this fungus, that the effects are often very ludicrous. If a person under its influence wishes...the trunk of a tree ; a talkative person cannot keep silence or secrets ; and one fond of music is perpetually singing."* The last remark which I shall... | |
 | 1826 - 600 pages
...very exciting to the nervous system, in many individuals, is this fungus, that the effects are often very ludicrous. If a person under its influence wishes to step over a straw or a stick, he takes a stride or a jump sufficient to clear the trunk of a tree ; a talkative person cannot... | |
 | Agriculture - 1830 - 780 pages
...very exciting to the nervous system, in some individuals, is this fungus, that the effects are often very ludicrous. If a person under its influence wishes...silence ; and one fond of music is perpetually singing. " The most singular effect of the Amanlta. is the influence it possesses over the urine. It is said... | |
 | Gardening - 1830 - 802 pages
...very exciting to the nervous system, in some individuals, is this fungus, that the effects are often very ludicrous. If a person under its influence wishes...silence; and one fond of music is perpetually singing. " The usual mode of taking this fungus, is to roll it up like a bolus, and swallow it without chewing,... | |
 | Botany, Economic - 1832 - 412 pages
...very exciting to the nervous system in some individuals is this fungus, that the effects are often very ludicrous. If a person under its influence wishes...silence, and one fond of music is perpetually singing *." « Mcdidl Ilotany, No. 43, p. 16C. CHAPTER XVI. SOME of the most important circumstances in the... | |
 | John Lindley, John Torrey - Botany - 1831 - 486 pages
...very exciting to the nervous system, in many individuals, is this Fungus, that the effects are often very ludicrous. If a person under its influence wishes...to clear the trunk of a tree ; a talkative person cnnnot keep silence or secrets ; and one fond of music is perpetually singing. The most singular effect... | |
 | William Pinnock - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1833 - 738 pages
...drinks becomes as sadly comical as a Christmas clown: if he wishes to step overa straw, he fakes k. stride or a jump sufficient to clear the trunk of a tree ; a talkative GROUT OF FUNGUSSES person cannot keep secrets or silence, and one- fond of music is perpetually singing... | |
 | 1834 - 508 pages
...partakes of it " becomes as sadly comical as a Christmas clown; if he wishes to step over a straw, he takes a stride or a jump sufficient to clear the...of a tree ; a talkative person cannot keep secrets 294 THK M1KKOK. 996 or silence, and one fond of music is perpetually singing ; thus he flounders on... | |
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