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Side x
In one of the plates of Chap . xx . , at page 456 , is exhibited some unknown torture applied to the head ; and in another , at page 458 , is exhibited the abominable process , applied to two captives , of flaying them alive .
In one of the plates of Chap . xx . , at page 456 , is exhibited some unknown torture applied to the head ; and in another , at page 458 , is exhibited the abominable process , applied to two captives , of flaying them alive .
Side xi
A battle is valued by them on the same principles , not better and not worse , as govern our own school - boys . Every battle is viewed by the boys as a test applied to the personal prowess of each individual ...
A battle is valued by them on the same principles , not better and not worse , as govern our own school - boys . Every battle is viewed by the boys as a test applied to the personal prowess of each individual ...
Side 52
For myself , meantime , I am far from assenting to all the romantic abuse applied to the sewerage and the church - yards of London , and even more violently to the river Thames . As a tidal river , even * “ Greenhay .
For myself , meantime , I am far from assenting to all the romantic abuse applied to the sewerage and the church - yards of London , and even more violently to the river Thames . As a tidal river , even * “ Greenhay .
Side 53
... in all its arguments , namely , this , that supposing the Thames to be even a vast sewer , in short , the cloaca maxima of London , there is in that arrangement of things any special reproach applying to our mighty English capital .
... in all its arguments , namely , this , that supposing the Thames to be even a vast sewer , in short , the cloaca maxima of London , there is in that arrangement of things any special reproach applying to our mighty English capital .
Side 57
... and gave a lustre to the eyes , but it added to the eccentricity of the face ; and by all strangers it was presumed to be an artificial color , resulting from some mode of applying a preparation more brilliant than rouge . But to us.
... and gave a lustre to the eyes , but it added to the eccentricity of the face ; and by all strangers it was presumed to be an artificial color , resulting from some mode of applying a preparation more brilliant than rouge . But to us.
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| Titel | Memorials: And Other Papers, Bind 1 De Quincey's writings Memorials: And Other Papers, Thomas De Quincey Works, Thomas De Quincey |
| Forfatter | Thomas De Quincey |
| Udgiver | J.R. Osgood, 1874 |
| Oprindeligt fra | University of California |
| Digitaliseret | 13. apr 2018 |
| Eksporter henvisning | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |