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" Rotherhithe verisimilitude. All men grow dull, and ought to be dull, that live under a solemn sense of eternal danger, one inch only of plank (often worm-eaten) between themselves and the grave ; and, also, that see for ever one wilderness of waters —... "
The Works of Thomas De Quincey: Protestantism, and other essays - Side 48
af Thomas De Quincey - 1863
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Eclectic Magazine, and Monthly Edition of the Living Age, Bind 12

1847 - 610 sider
...comic air of downright VVapping and Rotherhithe verisimilitude. All men grow dull, and ought to bt' dull, that live under a solemn sense of eternal danger,...of plank (often worm-eaten) between themselves and the grave ; and also, that see for ever ono wilderness of water — sublime, but (like the wilderness...
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New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Bind 98

Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1853 - 520 sider
...he is — that superstition almost inevitably engendered among men who live, as it has been said, " under a solemn sense of eternal danger, one inch only...of plank (often worm-eaten) between themselves and the grave ; and who see for ever one wilderness of waters."* His intimacy with the sights and sounds...
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Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature, Bind 30

John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1853 - 608 sider
...he is — that superstition almost inevitably engendered among men who live, as it has been said, " under a solemn sense of eternal danger, one inch only...of plank (often worm-eaten) between themselves and the grave ; and who see for ever one wilderness of waters."* His intimacy with the sights and sounds...
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The Note Book of an English Opium-eater

Thomas De Quincey - 1855 - 318 sider
...dulness ; the felicity of this coloring in Swift's management is, that it never goes the length of wearying, but only of giving a comic air of downright...of plank (often worm-eaten) between themselves and the grave ; and, also, that see for ever one wilderness of waters — sublime, but (like the wilderness...
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De Quincey's Writings: The note book of an English opium-eater. 1855

Thomas De Quincey - 1855 - 312 sider
...of dulness; the felicity of this coloring in Swift's management is, that it never goes the length of wearying, but only of giving a comic air of downright Wapping and Hotherhithe verisimilitude. All men grow dull, and ought to be dull, that live under a solemn sense...
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The Note Book of an English Opium-eater

Thomas De Quincey - 1864 - 316 sider
...dulness ; the felicity of this coloring in Swift's management is, that it never goes the length of wearying, but only of giving a comic air of downright...of plank (often worm-eaten) between themselves and the grave ; and, also, that see for ever one wilderness of waters — sublime, but (like the wilderness...
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The Notebook of an English Opium-eater

Thomas De Quincey - 1864 - 316 sider
...of dulness; the felicity of this coloring in Swift's management is, that it never goes the length of wearying, but only of giving a comic air of downright Wapping and Kotherhithe verisimilitude. All men grow dull, and ought to be dull, that live under a solemn sense...
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The Note-book of an English Opium-eater, and Miscellaneous Essays

Thomas De Quincey - 1873 - 596 sider
...dulness ; the felicity of this coloring in Swift's management is, that it never goes the length of wearying, but only of giving a comic air of downright...of plank (often worm-eaten) between themselves and the grave ; and, also, that see for ever one wilderness of waters — sublime, but (like the wilderness...
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The Works of Thomas De Quincey, Bind 5

Thomas De Quincey - 1876 - 668 sider
...dulness 4 the felicity of this coloring in Swift's management is, that it never goes the length of wearying, but only of giving a comic air of downright...of plank (often worm-eaten) between themselves and the grave ; and, also, that see for ever one wilderness of waters — sublime, but (like the wilderness...
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Herman Melville: The Critical Heritage

Watson G. Branch - 1997 - 472 sider
...as he is — that superstition almost inevitably engendered among men who live, as it has been said, 'under a solemn sense of eternal danger, one inch...of plank (often worm-eaten) between themselves and the grave; and who see for ever one wilderness of waters.'* His intimacy with the sights and sounds...
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