Beauties Selected from the Writings of Thomas De QuinceyHoughton, Osgood, 1879 - 432 sider |
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... King and priest , warrior and maiden , philosopher and child , all must walk those mighty galleries alone . The solitude , therefore , which in this world appalls or fascinates a child's heart , is but the echo of a far deeper solitude ...
... King and priest , warrior and maiden , philosopher and child , all must walk those mighty galleries alone . The solitude , therefore , which in this world appalls or fascinates a child's heart , is but the echo of a far deeper solitude ...
Side 39
... king , ( George III . ) He pronounced a very flattering opinion upon my brother's promise of excellence . This being known , a fee of a thousand guineas was offered to Mr. L. by the guardians ; and finally that gentle- man took charge ...
... king , ( George III . ) He pronounced a very flattering opinion upon my brother's promise of excellence . This being known , a fee of a thousand guineas was offered to Mr. L. by the guardians ; and finally that gentle- man took charge ...
Side 47
... took a continual and especial notice of her son . On one of these occasions I had the honor of a brief interview with the king . Lord Westport and I were amusing ourselves when a turn brought us full in view ( 47 ) ENTER THE WORLD.
... took a continual and especial notice of her son . On one of these occasions I had the honor of a brief interview with the king . Lord Westport and I were amusing ourselves when a turn brought us full in view ( 47 ) ENTER THE WORLD.
Side 48
... king was ap- proaching ; for Lord W. had himself lost somewhat of the awe natural to a young person in a first situation of this nature , through his frequent admissions to the royal presence . For my own part , I was yet a stran- ger ...
... king was ap- proaching ; for Lord W. had himself lost somewhat of the awe natural to a young person in a first situation of this nature , through his frequent admissions to the royal presence . For my own part , I was yet a stran- ger ...
Side 49
... king , having first spoken with great kind- ness to my companion , inquiring circumstantially about his mother and grandmother , as persons particularly well known to himself , then turned his eye upon me . My name , it seems , had been ...
... king , having first spoken with great kind- ness to my companion , inquiring circumstantially about his mother and grandmother , as persons particularly well known to himself , then turned his eye upon me . My name , it seems , had been ...
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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