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Ultima Thule; or, A Summer in Iceland. vol. 1/2

Note 260 — SECTION VIII. TAXATION—COINS, WEIGHTS, AND MEASURES—PRICES AND IMPORTS—COMMUNICATION AND COMMERCE—VISIT TO THE STORE.

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Coffee did not come into general use before the end of the eighteenth century; tea and tobacco are mentioned in the satirical poem, “Thagnarmál,” 1728, by Eggert Ólafsson, who died in 1768 (Cleasby).

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