 THERE was one reason why I sought solitude at that early age, and sought it in a morbid excess, which must naturally have conferred upon my character some degree of that interest which belongs to all extremes. My eye had been couched into a secondary...  Memorials: And Other Papers - Side 197af Thomas De Quincey - 1856Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1851 - 362 sider
...was not so often divided from territorial or civic honors, conferring a real precedency. CHAPTER X. OXFORD. THERE was one reason why I sought solitude...case of a man suspended by some colossal arm over an unfathomcd abyss — suspended, but finally and slowly withdrawn — it is probable that he would not... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1856 - 352 sider
...Commoners," or under some of those various designations ("scholars," "demies" " students," "juniorfellows") which imply that they stand upon the foundation of...unfathomed abyss, — suspended, but finally and slowly withdrawn,—it is probable that he would not smile for years. That was my case: for I have not mentioned,... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey, David Masson - 1896 - 472 sider
...wealth was not so often divided from territorial or civic honours, conferring a real precedency. III 1 THERE was one reason why I sought solitude at that...suspended by some colossal arm over an unfathomed abyss,—suspended, but finally and slowly withdrawn,—it is probable that he would not smile for... | |
 | William Ashenhurst Dunn - 1900 - 160 sider
...grief, in fear, in vindictive wrath — a power of selfprojection not unlike to this". 3 Or once more : "My eye had been couched into a secondary power of...modes, by experience too 'early won and by the sense 1 Posth. Works I, 16 ff. for a perfect example of De Quincey's. mastery in this style. 2 Posth. Works... | |
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