The Notebook Of An English Opium Eater

Author : Thomas de Quincey
Publisher : Legare Street Press
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Thomas De Quincey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1860
Category : English literature
ISBN : HARVARD:HN26HA

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The Note Book of an English Opium-eater by Thomas De Quincey Pdf

Author : De Thomas Quincey
Publisher : IndyPublish.com
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2008-10-01
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1437853676

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Author : Thomas De Quincey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1864
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:HWJVP5

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The Notebook of an English Opium-eater by Thomas De Quincey Pdf

Author : Thomas de Quincey
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 206 pages
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Release : 2021-04-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798731056496

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The Notebook of an English Opium Eater by Thomas de Quincey Pdf

Book Excerpt: heart.' His eyes seemed frozenand glazed, as if their light were all converged upon some victim lurkingin the far background. So far his appearance might have repelled; but, onthe other hand, the concurrent testimony of many witnesses, and also thesilent testimony of facts, showed that the oiliness and snaky insinuationof his demeanor counteracted the repulsiveness of his ghastly face, andamongst inexperienced young women won for him a very favorable reception.In particular, one gentle-mannered girl, whom Williams had undoubtedlydesigned to murder, gave in evidence--that once, when sitting alone withher, he had said, 'Now, Miss R., supposing that I should appear aboutmidnight at your bedside, armed with a carving knife, what would you say?'To which the confiding girl had, replied, 'Oh, Mr. Williams, if it wasanybody else, I should be frightened. But, as soon as I heard your voice, I should be tranquil.' Poor girl! had this outline sketch of Mr.Williams been filled in and realized, she woRead More

Author : Thomas De Quincey
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 370 pages
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Release : 2009-02-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781770481053

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Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas De Quincey Pdf

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater remains its author’s most famous and frequently-read work and one of the period’s central statements about both the power and terror of imagination. De Quincey describes the intense “pleasures” and harrowing “pains” of his opium use in lyrical and dramatic prose. A notorious success since its 1821 publication, the work has been an important influence on philosophers, theorists, and psychologists, as well as literary writers, of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. But Confessions is only one part of a larger confessional project conceived by De Quincey over the course of his writing career. Gathered together in this edition, these texts provide a fascinating glimpse of early nineteenth-century British aesthetic, medical, psychological, political, philosophical, social, racial, national, and imperialist attitudes. This edition includes the 1821 text of Confessions, its important sequel Suspiria de Profundis (1845), and its sequel, The English Mail-Coach (1849), as well as extensive appendices.

Author : Thomas De Quincey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1873
Category : English essays
ISBN : HARVARD:HN2E9S

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The Note-book of an English Opium-eater, and Miscellaneous Essays by Thomas De Quincey Pdf

Author : Thomas De Quincey
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 384 pages
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Release : 2013-02-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780191637896

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Confessions of an English Opium-Eater and Other Writings by Thomas De Quincey Pdf

'I took it: - and in an hour, oh! Heavens! what a revulsion! what an upheaving, from its lowest depths, of the inner spirit! what an apocalypse of the world within me!' Thomas De Quincey's Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821) launched a fascination with drug use and abuse that has continued from his day to ours. In the Confessions De Quincey invents recreational drug taking, but he also details both the lurid nightmares that beset him in the depths of his addiction as well as his humiliatingly futile attempts to renounce the drug. Suspiria de Profundis centres on the deep afflictions of De Quincey's childhood, and examines the powerful and often paradoxical relationship between drugs and human creativity. In 'The English Mail-Coach', the tragedies of De Quincey's past are played out with horrifying repetitiveness against a backdrop of Britain as a Protestant and an imperial power. This edition presents De Quincey's finest essays in impassioned autobiography, together with three appendices that are highlighted by a wealth of manuscript material related to the three main texts. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Author : Thomas De Quincey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Opium abuse
ISBN : UVA:X001586477

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Confessions of an English Opium-eater ... by Thomas De Quincey Pdf

Author : Thomas De Quincey
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 80 pages
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Release : 2017-10-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1977832393

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"He was a man of very extraordinary genius. He has generally been treated by those who have spoken of him in print as a madman. But this is a mistake and must have been founded chiefly on the titles of his books. He was a man of fervid mind and of sublime aspirations: but he was no madman; or, if he was, then I say that it is so far desirable to be a madman. In 1798 or 1799, when I must have been about thirteen years old, Walking Stewart was in Bath-where my family at that time resided. He frequented the pump-room, and I believe all public places-walking up and down, and dispersing his philosophic opinions to the right and the left, like a Grecian philosopher. The first time I saw him was at a concert in the Upper Rooms; he was pointed out to me by one of my party as a very eccentric man who had walked over the habitable globe. I remember that Madame Mara was at that moment singing: and Walking Stewart, who was a true lover of music (as I afterwards came to know), was hanging upon her notes like a bee upon a jessamine flower. His countenance was striking, and expressed the union of benignity with philosophic habits of thought."

Author : Thomas De Quincey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 146 pages
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Release : 2020-10-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798552459780

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Confessions of an English Opium-Eater Illustrated by Thomas De Quincey Pdf

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater is an autobiographical E16account written by Thomas De Quincey, about his laudanum addiction and its effect on his life. The Confessions was "the first major work De Quincey published and the one which won him fame almost overnight.

Author : Thomas Quincey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
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Release : 2021-08-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798545242122

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The note book of an english opium eater From Thomas de Quincey

Author : Thomas 1785-1859 De Quincey
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 212 pages
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Release : 2016-08-25
Category : History
ISBN : 1361215062

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CONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH OPIU by Thomas 1785-1859 De Quincey Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Thomas De Quincey
Publisher : Palala Press
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Release : 2016-05-18
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Note Book of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas De Quincey Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Thomas de Quincey
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 322 pages
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Release : 2015-06-15
Category : Literary Collections
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Excerpt from The Note Book of an English Opium-Eater It is impossible to conciliate readers of so saturnine and gloomy a class, that they cannot enter with genial sympathy into any gaiety whatever, but, least of all, when the gaiety trespasses a little into the province of the extravagant. In such a case, not to sympathize is not to understand; and the playfulness, which is not relished, becomes flat and insipid, or absolutely without meaning. Fortunately, after all such churls have withdrawn from my audience in high displeasure, there remains a large majority who are loud in acknowledging the amusement which they have derived from a former paper of mine, 'On Murder considered as one of the Fine Arts;' at the same time proving the sincerity of their praise by one hesitating expression of censure. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.