Beauties Selected from the Writings of Thomas De QuinceyHoughton, Osgood, 1879 - 432 sider |
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Side 19
... heard of feelings that take the name of " sentimental , " nor dreamed of such a possibility . But grief , even in a child , hates the light , and shrinks from human eyes . The house was large enough to have two staircases ; and by one ...
... heard of feelings that take the name of " sentimental , " nor dreamed of such a possibility . But grief , even in a child , hates the light , and shrinks from human eyes . The house was large enough to have two staircases ; and by one ...
Side 20
... heard . It was a wind that might have swept the fields of mor- tality for a thousand centuries . Many times since , upon summer days , when the sun is about the hottest , I have remarked the same wind arising and uttering the same ...
... heard . It was a wind that might have swept the fields of mor- tality for a thousand centuries . Many times since , upon summer days , when the sun is about the hottest , I have remarked the same wind arising and uttering the same ...
Side 28
... heard nothing of the three guineas . My private " little ac- count " had in fact flowed homewards at Christmas , not ( as I anticipated ) in the shape of an independent cur- rent , but as a little tributary rill , that was lost in the ...
... heard nothing of the three guineas . My private " little ac- count " had in fact flowed homewards at Christmas , not ( as I anticipated ) in the shape of an independent cur- rent , but as a little tributary rill , that was lost in the ...
Side 37
... heard the concertos of Corelli ; but also , which far more profoundly affected ne , a few selections from Jomelli and Cimarosa . With Handel I had long been familiar , for the famous INTRODUCTION TO THE WORLD OF STRIFE . 37.
... heard the concertos of Corelli ; but also , which far more profoundly affected ne , a few selections from Jomelli and Cimarosa . With Handel I had long been familiar , for the famous INTRODUCTION TO THE WORLD OF STRIFE . 37.
Side 38
... heard sung a long canon of Cherubini's . Forty years later I heard it again , and better sung ; but at that time I needed nothing better . It was sung by four male voices , and rose into a region of thrilling passion , such as my heart ...
... heard sung a long canon of Cherubini's . Forty years later I heard it again , and better sung ; but at that time I needed nothing better . It was sung by four male voices , and rose into a region of thrilling passion , such as my heart ...
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alguazils amongst ancient Bishop of Beauvais brother called Catalina Charles Lamb child Coleridge conversation darkness daugh daughter death deep Domrémy dreadful dreams earth Easedale England English Eton expression eyes face fact father fear feelings forever France girl Grasmere grave grief hand happened head heard heart heaven honor horse hour human intellectual interest Joanna Kate Kate's king knew lady less light London looked Lord Madame de Staël mighty mind morning mother nature never night once opium Paita palimpsest party perhaps person pinnace poor Quincey reader reason road rose Sarah Green scene secret seemed sense Sir William Hamilton sister sleep solemn solitary solitude sorrow sound Spain stranger sublime sudden suddenly suffer supposed thee thing Thomas de Quincey thou thought tion utter vast vellum voice whilst whole woman word Wordsworth young