De Quincey's WritingsTicknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850 |
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... mysterious terms , ( porortia OUVITOIO :) " perhaps he thought the subject of too delicate a nature to be made common ; and as many people might then indiscriminately use it , it would take from that necessary fear xii FROM THE AUTHOR ...
... mysterious terms , ( porortia OUVITOIO :) " perhaps he thought the subject of too delicate a nature to be made common ; and as many people might then indiscriminately use it , it would take from that necessary fear xii FROM THE AUTHOR ...
Сторінка 138
... because he is the same , and because ( being the same ) yet he is not the same . He acknowledges the deep , mysterious identity between himself , as adult and as infant , for the ground of his sympathy ; 138 A SEQUEL TO THE CONFESSIONS.
... because he is the same , and because ( being the same ) yet he is not the same . He acknowledges the deep , mysterious identity between himself , as adult and as infant , for the ground of his sympathy ; 138 A SEQUEL TO THE CONFESSIONS.
Сторінка 157
... mysteriously as music . One young nurse , whom we all loved , before any candle was lighted , would often strain her ... mysterious beauty which awed us . Above all , the story of a just man , man and yet not man , real above all things ...
... mysteriously as music . One young nurse , whom we all loved , before any candle was lighted , would often strain her ... mysterious beauty which awed us . Above all , the story of a just man , man and yet not man , real above all things ...
Сторінка 171
... mysterious to him ; in me the interpretation and the comment . - * I except , however , one case - the case of a child dying of an organic disorder , so therefore as to die slowly , and aware of its own condition . Because such a child ...
... mysterious to him ; in me the interpretation and the comment . - * I except , however , one case - the case of a child dying of an organic disorder , so therefore as to die slowly , and aware of its own condition . Because such a child ...
Сторінка 195
... run ahead of my allowance , and was about three guineas deep in debt . There I paused ; for deep anxiety now began to oppress me as to the course in which this mysterious ( and indeed guilty ) current of OF AN ENGLISH OPIUM - EATER . 195.
... run ahead of my allowance , and was about three guineas deep in debt . There I paused ; for deep anxiety now began to oppress me as to the course in which this mysterious ( and indeed guilty ) current of OF AN ENGLISH OPIUM - EATER . 195.
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Сторінка 210 - She also carries a key ; but she needs it little. For her kingdom is chiefly amongst the tents of Shem, and the houseless vagrant of every clime. Yet in the very highest...
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