Confessions of an English opium eaterA. & C. Black, 1878 |
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... rest of the world . To intercept the evil whilst yet in elementary stages of formation , was the true policy ; whereas I in my blindness sought only for some mitigation to the evil when already formed , and past all reach of ...
... rest of the world . To intercept the evil whilst yet in elementary stages of formation , was the true policy ; whereas I in my blindness sought only for some mitigation to the evil when already formed , and past all reach of ...
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... rest ; so that the Sunday , which to man , and even to the brutes within his gates , offered an interval of rest , for me was signalised as a day of martyrdom . Yet in this , after all , it is possible that he did me a service : for my ...
... rest ; so that the Sunday , which to man , and even to the brutes within his gates , offered an interval of rest , for me was signalised as a day of martyrdom . Yet in this , after all , it is possible that he did me a service : for my ...
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... rest which only could be deeper than ours was then . When I left the K - s , I left Manchester ; and during the next three years I was sent to two very different schools ; first , to a public one - viz . , the Bath Grammar School , then ...
... rest which only could be deeper than ours was then . When I left the K - s , I left Manchester ; and during the next three years I was sent to two very different schools ; first , to a public one - viz . , the Bath Grammar School , then ...
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... rest- these were no bubbles ; these had not foundered . Oh , wherefore , then , was it - through what inexplicable growth of evil in myself or in others — that now in the summer of 1802 , when peace was brooding over all the land ...
... rest- these were no bubbles ; these had not foundered . Oh , wherefore , then , was it - through what inexplicable growth of evil in myself or in others — that now in the summer of 1802 , when peace was brooding over all the land ...
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... rest was in strict justice a debt to the students - liable to no discount either through the caprice or the tardiness of the supreme master . Yet such were the gradual encroachments upon this hour , that at 62 CONFESSIONS OF AN.
... rest was in strict justice a debt to the students - liable to no discount either through the caprice or the tardiness of the supreme master . Yet such were the gradual encroachments upon this hour , that at 62 CONFESSIONS OF AN.
Términos y frases comunes
allowed already amongst became become believe called cause century character Christian close Confessions connected consequently continually daily darkness death doubt dreams early effect efforts England English experience expression eyes face fact feelings final four friends give Greek guardian hand happened heard hope human interest known least less letter light literature lived London looked Lord means Meantime miles mind moved naturally necessity never night notice object once opium opium-eater original overmastering Oxford pain particular passed perhaps period person pleasure poor possible present probably question reach reader reason received record regarded respect rest secret seemed sense simply sleep sometimes speak spirit stage Street suddenly suffering suppose sure thing thought tion true truth turned whilst whole
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Página 284 - Then did the little maid reply, "Seven boys and girls are we; Two of us in the churchyard lie Beneath the churchyard tree.
Página 191 - That my pains had vanished, was now a trifle in my eyes : — this negative effect was swallowed up in the immensity of those positive effects which had opened before me — in the abyss of divine enjoyment thus suddenly revealed. Here was a panacea — a ^UMO-/ nviyStt for all human woes: here was the secret of happiness, about which philosophers had disputed for so many ages...
Página 208 - O just, subtle, and all-conquering opium! that, to the hearts of rich and poor alike, for the wounds that will never heal, and for the pangs of grief that "tempt the spirit to rebel," bringest an assuaging balm — eloquent opium!
Página 267 - ... same, and not older. Her looks were tranquil, but with unusual solemnity of expression; and I now gazed upon her with some awe; but suddenly her countenance grew dim, and, turning to the mountains, I perceived...
Página 284 - And often after sunset, sir, When it is light and fair, I take my little porringer And eat my supper there.
Página 257 - I am convinced is true; viz., that the dread book of account which the Scriptures speak of is in fact the mind itself of each individual.
Página 203 - ... no longer painful to dwell upon ; but the detail of its incidents removed, or blended in some hazy abstraction ; and its passions exalted, spiritualized and sublimed.
Página 255 - I seemed every night to descend, not metaphorically, but literally to descend, into chasms and sunless abysses, depths below depths, from which it seemed hopeless that I could ever reascend. Nor did I, by waking, feel that I had reascended.
Página 258 - Romanus; especially when the consul is introduced in his military character. I mean to say that the words king — sultan — regent, &c., or any other titles of those who embody in their own persons the collective majesty of a great people, had less power over my reverential feelings.
Página 260 - Piranesi both are lost in the upper gloom of the hall. With the same power of endless growth and selfreproduction did my architecture proceed in dreams.