De Quincey's WritingsTicknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850 |
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... intellectual creature ; and intellectual in the highest sense my pursuits and pleasures have been , even from my schoolboy days . If opium - eating be a sensual pleasure , and if I am bound to confess that I have in- dulged in it to an ...
... intellectual creature ; and intellectual in the highest sense my pursuits and pleasures have been , even from my schoolboy days . If opium - eating be a sensual pleasure , and if I am bound to confess that I have in- dulged in it to an ...
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... , ) and we parted ( though he knew it not ) for ever . I could not reverence him intellectually ' ; but he had been uniformly kind to me , and had allowed me many indul- gences ; and I grieved at the thought of the ENGLISH OPIUM - EATER .
... , ) and we parted ( though he knew it not ) for ever . I could not reverence him intellectually ' ; but he had been uniformly kind to me , and had allowed me many indul- gences ; and I grieved at the thought of the ENGLISH OPIUM - EATER .
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... intellectual pursuits , I could not fail to have enjoyed many happy hours in the midst of general dejection . I wept as I looked round on the chair , hearth , writing - table , and other familiar objects , knowing too certainly that I ...
... intellectual pursuits , I could not fail to have enjoyed many happy hours in the midst of general dejection . I wept as I looked round on the chair , hearth , writing - table , and other familiar objects , knowing too certainly that I ...
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... intellectual woman ; and I believe that if ever her letters should be collected and published , they would be thought generally to exhibit as much strong and masculine sense , delivered in as pure " mother English , " racy and fresh ...
... intellectual woman ; and I believe that if ever her letters should be collected and published , they would be thought generally to exhibit as much strong and masculine sense , delivered in as pure " mother English , " racy and fresh ...
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... intellectual energies ; whereas opium al- ways seems to compose what had been agitated , and to concentrate what had been distracted . In short , to sum up all in one word , a man who is inebriated , or tending to inebriation , is , and ...
... intellectual energies ; whereas opium al- ways seems to compose what had been agitated , and to concentrate what had been distracted . In short , to sum up all in one word , a man who is inebriated , or tending to inebriation , is , and ...
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affecting amongst Anastasius ayah beatific beauty brain Brocken called casuistry child childhood clouds Confessions connected crack of doom creature darkness death deep dreadful dreams drol earth English Eton Euripides experience expression eyes face fear feelings grave Grecian grief guardian happiness heard heart heaven hope horror hour human incident intellectual lady Latin laudanum less Levana London look magician Malay Merionethshire mighty mind misery mysterious nature never night Obeah occasion oftentimes once opium opium-eater Oxford Street painful palimpsest passed passion perhaps periphrasis person pleasure poor present reader reason rest rience ropes seemed sense servant silent sister sleep solitary solitude sometimes sorrow spirit stood sublime suddenly suffering summer suppose suspiria sweet thee thing thou thought thousand tion torpor truth vast vellum whilst whole words yellow admirals young youthful
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