Confessions of an English opium eaterA. & C. Black, 1878 |
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Página iii
... who may wish to possess them . It has been thought a fitting occasion for making . a slight change in the order of the volumes , by the transposition of " The Confessions of an English IV Opium - Eater " from the fifth to the.
... who may wish to possess them . It has been thought a fitting occasion for making . a slight change in the order of the volumes , by the transposition of " The Confessions of an English IV Opium - Eater " from the fifth to the.
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... thought re- volutionary . I thought so myself , and did not go along with its politics . Inevitably that accident shut them out from the knowledge of a very large reading class . Un- doubtedly this journal , being ably and ...
... thought re- volutionary . I thought so myself , and did not go along with its politics . Inevitably that accident shut them out from the knowledge of a very large reading class . Un- doubtedly this journal , being ably and ...
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... thoughts ad libitum , to reproduce a perfect re- semblance in his own ; * but what has become of the second , viz . , not the teaching , but the operative working of Chris- tianity ? The Ethical system is replaced by a stolen sys- tem ...
... thoughts ad libitum , to reproduce a perfect re- semblance in his own ; * but what has become of the second , viz . , not the teaching , but the operative working of Chris- tianity ? The Ethical system is replaced by a stolen sys- tem ...
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... thoughts . Not as pedantic only , but as suspiciously unintelligible , such distinctions would , one hundred and thirty ... thought . As an opium - eater , Dean Milner was understood to be a strenuous wrestler with the physical necessity ...
... thoughts . Not as pedantic only , but as suspiciously unintelligible , such distinctions would , one hundred and thirty ... thought . As an opium - eater , Dean Milner was understood to be a strenuous wrestler with the physical necessity ...
Página xix
... thought that this practice would cease : but , as I do not readily believe that any man , having once tasted the divine luxuries of opium , will afterwards descend to the gross and mortal b - 1 . ORIGINAL PREFACE IN THE YEAR 1821 . vii.
... thought that this practice would cease : but , as I do not readily believe that any man , having once tasted the divine luxuries of opium , will afterwards descend to the gross and mortal b - 1 . ORIGINAL PREFACE IN THE YEAR 1821 . vii.
Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
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.