He and some other good Church-Criticks make Presbyterianism to be a Sort of hellebore, if you do but snuff it up in your Nose you run mad immediately.
"An Essay on Criticism"
John Oldmixon
I had about me a small box containing hellebore.
"The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons"
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
When I was telling him about the hellebore he was lavish in his compliments on my presence of mind, for, as he said, such an unusual colour would have made people think there had been some kind of a combat-a supposition which would not have tended towards my success.
"The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons"
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt