Beauties Selected from the Writings of Thomas De QuinceyHoughton, Osgood, 1879 - 432 sider |
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Side 16
... hour I am , that , amidst luxuries in all things else , we were trained to a Spartan simplicity of diet — that we fared , in fact , very much less sumptuously than the servants . And if ( after the model of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius ) ...
... hour I am , that , amidst luxuries in all things else , we were trained to a Spartan simplicity of diet — that we fared , in fact , very much less sumptuously than the servants . And if ( after the model of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius ) ...
Side 19
... hour after high noon when I reached the chamber door ; it was locked , but the key was not taken away . Entering , I closed the door so softly , that , although it opened upon a hall which ascended through all the stories , no echo ran ...
... hour after high noon when I reached the chamber door ; it was locked , but the key was not taken away . Entering , I closed the door so softly , that , although it opened upon a hall which ascended through all the stories , no echo ran ...
Side 26
... hours upon its own discretion , as infirm a basis for reasonable hope as could be imagined . I did not wish the kitten , indeed , at all less foolish than it was , except just when I was leaving home , and then its exceeding folly gave ...
... hours upon its own discretion , as infirm a basis for reasonable hope as could be imagined . I did not wish the kitten , indeed , at all less foolish than it was , except just when I was leaving home , and then its exceeding folly gave ...
Side 31
... hour had passed — without a warning sound ; for Greenhay , being so solitary a house , formed a terminus ad quem , beyond which was nothing but a cluster of cottages , composing the little INTRODUCTION TO THE WORLD OF STRIFE . 31.
... hour had passed — without a warning sound ; for Greenhay , being so solitary a house , formed a terminus ad quem , beyond which was nothing but a cluster of cottages , composing the little INTRODUCTION TO THE WORLD OF STRIFE . 31.
Side 32
... hour , it could yet be expected to arrive . In fact , to our general surprise , we met it almost immediately , but ... hours to the sounds from horses ' hoofs upon distant roads , rising and falling , caught and lost , upon the gentle ...
... hour , it could yet be expected to arrive . In fact , to our general surprise , we met it almost immediately , but ... hours to the sounds from horses ' hoofs upon distant roads , rising and falling , caught and lost , upon the gentle ...
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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