Confessions of an English opium eaterA. & C. Black, 1878 |
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... of all , for that service : they have brought together a great ma- jority of my fugitive papers in a series of volumes now amounting to twelve . And , secondly , I am bound to men tion that they have made me a sharer in the PEEFACE . ix.
... of all , for that service : they have brought together a great ma- jority of my fugitive papers in a series of volumes now amounting to twelve . And , secondly , I am bound to men tion that they have made me a sharer in the PEEFACE . ix.
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Thomas De Quincey. tion that they have made me a sharer in the profits of the publication , called upon to do so by no law what- ever , and assuredly by no expectation of that sort upon my part . Taking as the basis of my remarks this ...
Thomas De Quincey. tion that they have made me a sharer in the profits of the publication , called upon to do so by no law what- ever , and assuredly by no expectation of that sort upon my part . Taking as the basis of my remarks this ...
Página xii
... tion A for establishing the value of any essay on its sound- est basis . Prudens interrogatio est dimidium scientiæ . Skil- fully to frame your question , is half way towards insuring the true answer . Two or three of the problems ...
... tion A for establishing the value of any essay on its sound- est basis . Prudens interrogatio est dimidium scientiæ . Skil- fully to frame your question , is half way towards insuring the true answer . Two or three of the problems ...
Página xvi
... upon it , unless I believed myself able to offer some considerable novelty . Generally I claim not arrogantly , but with firmness ) the merit of rectifica- tion applied to absolute errors , or to injurious limitations xvi PREFACE .
... upon it , unless I believed myself able to offer some considerable novelty . Generally I claim not arrogantly , but with firmness ) the merit of rectifica- tion applied to absolute errors , or to injurious limitations xvi PREFACE .
Página xvii
Thomas De Quincey. tion applied to absolute errors , or to injurious limitations of the truth . Finally , as a third class , and , in virtue of their aim , as a far higher class of compositions included in the Ameri- can collection , I ...
Thomas De Quincey. tion applied to absolute errors , or to injurious limitations of the truth . Finally , as a third class , and , in virtue of their aim , as a far higher class of compositions included in the Ameri- can collection , I ...
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
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.