An additional compositor was retained, for some days, on this account. The work was even twice advertised : and I was, in a manner, pledged to the fulfilment of my intention. But I had a preface to write ; and a dedication, which I wished to make a splendid... The Opium Habit; with Suggestions as to the Remedy - Página 99de Horace B. Day - 1868 - 335 páginasVisualização completa - Sobre este livro
| 1821 - 724 páginas
...intention. But I had a preface to write ; and a dedication, which I wished to make a splendid one, to Mr. Ricardo. I found myself quite unable to accomplish...during which I was under the Circean spells of opium. * The reader must remember what 1 here mean by thinking : because, else this would be a very presumptuous... | |
| Half hours - 1847 - 560 páginas
...acquirements, the logical depth of his understanding, and the simplicity and benevolence of his character.] I have thus described and illustrated my intellectual...part of the four years during which I was under the Circeau spells of opium. But for misery and suffering, I might, indeed, be said to have existed in... | |
| Thomas De Quincey - 1853 - 290 páginas
...intention. But I had a preface to write; and a dedication, which I wished to make a splendid one, to Mr. Ricardo. I found myself quite unable to accomplish...part of the four years during which I was under the Gircean spells of opium. But for misery and suffering, I might, indeed, be said to have existed in... | |
| Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1855 - 632 páginas
...powers at this time, I could not forget my knowledge. This exertion, however, was but a temporary flash. I have thus described and illustrated my intellectual...part of the four years during which I was under the Circcan spells of opium. But for misery and suffering I might, indeed, be said to have existed in a... | |
| Half hours - 1856 - 358 páginas
...acquirements, the logical depth of his understanding, and tho simplicity and benevolence of his character.] I have thus described and illustrated my intellectual...every part of the four years during which I was under tho Circcau spells of opium. But for misery and suffering, I might, indeed, be said to have existed... | |
| Francis Jacox - 1872 - 530 páginas
...quite unable to accomplish. So the arrangements were countermanded, the compositor dismissed, and the "Prolegomena" rested peacefully by the side of its elder and more dignified brother. The books that Mr. de Quincey, first and last, tantalized his admirers by projecting, in divers and... | |
| Francis Espinasse - 1877 - 526 páginas
...my intention. But I had a preface to write, and a dedication, which I wished to make impressive, to Mr. Ricardo. I found myself quite unable to accomplish...the side of its elder and more dignified brother, " the DC Emendatione. In after-years De Quincey tried, perhaps too successfully, to make opium-eating,... | |
| Thomas De Quincey - 1878 - 350 páginas
...my intention. But I had a preface to write, and a dedication, which I wished to make impressive, to Mr Ricardo. I found myself quite unable to accomplish...the side of its elder and more dignified brother. In thus describing and illustrating my intellectual torpor, I use terms that apply, more or less, to... | |
| Thomas De Quincey - 1878 - 346 páginas
...my intention. But I had a preface to write, and a dedication, which I wished to make impressive, to Mr Ricardo. I found myself quite unable to accomplish...the side of its elder and more dignified brother. In thus describing and illustrating my intellectual torpor, I use terms that apply, more or less, to... | |
| Samuel Austin Allibone - 1879 - 576 páginas
...laughing at them.'" — EMILY DB QUINCEY TO S. AU8TIN ALLIBONE, May 31, 1860. THE EFFECT8 or OPIEM. ct, spell ol opium. But for misery and suffering, I might, indeed, be said to have existed in a dormant... | |
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