De Quincey's Writings: Narrative and miscellaneous papers. 1853Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1856 |
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Page 86
... anecdotes is more revolting and more painful to pious minds than the absurdity is amusing . Meantime it must not be forgotten that the principle concerned , though it may happen to disgust . men when associated with ludicrous ...
... anecdotes is more revolting and more painful to pious minds than the absurdity is amusing . Meantime it must not be forgotten that the principle concerned , though it may happen to disgust . men when associated with ludicrous ...
Page 102
... anecdote of a man in his own caravan , the companion of an Arab merchant , who disappeared in a mysterious manner . Four Moors , with a retaining fee of one hundred ducats , were sent in quest of him , but came back re infecta . " And ...
... anecdote of a man in his own caravan , the companion of an Arab merchant , who disappeared in a mysterious manner . Four Moors , with a retaining fee of one hundred ducats , were sent in quest of him , but came back re infecta . " And ...
Page 110
... anecdote connected with the coronation of Charles I. ( the son - in - law of the murdered Bourbon ) which threw a gloom upon the spirits of the royal friends , already saddened by the dreadful pestilence which in- augurated the reign of ...
... anecdote connected with the coronation of Charles I. ( the son - in - law of the murdered Bourbon ) which threw a gloom upon the spirits of the royal friends , already saddened by the dreadful pestilence which in- augurated the reign of ...
Page 121
... anecdote seems to imbody the poor sibyl's history : from a stern , icy sover- eign , with a petrific mace , she lapsed into an old , toothless mastiff . She continued to snore in her ancient kennel for above a thousand years . The last ...
... anecdote seems to imbody the poor sibyl's history : from a stern , icy sover- eign , with a petrific mace , she lapsed into an old , toothless mastiff . She continued to snore in her ancient kennel for above a thousand years . The last ...
Page 127
... anecdotes , however , which Mr. Gillman has added to the personal history of Coleridge are as little advantageous to the effect of his own book as they are to the interest of the memorable character which he seeks to illustrate . Always ...
... anecdotes , however , which Mr. Gillman has added to the personal history of Coleridge are as little advantageous to the effect of his own book as they are to the interest of the memorable character which he seeks to illustrate . Always ...
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