De Quincey's WritingsTicknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850 |
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... suppose my friend , Mr. , had " laid down " his conscience for a time ; meaning , doubt- less , to resume it as soon as he could afford it . The inner economy of such a man's daily life would present a most strange picture , if I could ...
... suppose my friend , Mr. , had " laid down " his conscience for a time ; meaning , doubt- less , to resume it as soon as he could afford it . The inner economy of such a man's daily life would present a most strange picture , if I could ...
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... suppose , not the trifling profit he could expect to make by me , but the prospect of establishing a connection with my noble friend , whose immense expectations were well known to him . In pursuance of this proposal on the part of the ...
... suppose , not the trifling profit he could expect to make by me , but the prospect of establishing a connection with my noble friend , whose immense expectations were well known to him . In pursuance of this proposal on the part of the ...
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... suppose he thought that no person sleeping out - of - doors in winter could be worth robbing . In which conclusion , however , as it regarded myself , I beg to assure him , if he should be among my readers , that he was mistaken . After ...
... suppose he thought that no person sleeping out - of - doors in winter could be worth robbing . In which conclusion , however , as it regarded myself , I beg to assure him , if he should be among my readers , that he was mistaken . After ...
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... suppose that , in the literal and unrhetorical use of the word myriad , I may say , that on my different visits to London , I have looked into many , many myriads of female faces , in the hope of meeting her . I should know her again ...
... suppose that , in the literal and unrhetorical use of the word myriad , I may say , that on my different visits to London , I have looked into many , many myriads of female faces , in the hope of meeting her . I should know her again ...
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... suppose that it is by the ear they communicate with music , and therefore that they are purely passive to its effects . But this is not so ; it is by the reaction of the mind upon the notices of the ear ( the matter coming by the senses ...
... suppose that it is by the ear they communicate with music , and therefore that they are purely passive to its effects . But this is not so ; it is by the reaction of the mind upon the notices of the ear ( the matter coming by the senses ...
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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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