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Nov 12, 2022 · The Project Gutenberg eBook of Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, by Thomas De Quincey. This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License ...
- Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas De Quincey
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Jan 1, 2000 · About this eBook. "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater" by Thomas De Quincey is a personal account written in the early 19th century that blends autobiography and philosophical reflection. The text recounts the author's experiences with opium, exploring not only the allure and pleasures of the drug but also its devastating consequences.
- Thomas De Quincey
- David Price
- 1821
- English
Jan 11, 2013 · Confessions of an English opium-eater ... 1785-1859, Drug addicts, Authors, English, Opium abuse Publisher London, Taylor and Hessey ... PDF download. download 1 ...
Jan 26, 2018 · The Confessions was "the first major work De Quincey published and the one which won him fame almost overnight ..." First published anonymously in September and October 1821 in the London Magazine, the Confessions was released in book form in 1822, and again in 1856, in an edition revised by De Quincey
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- pARt i: pReliminARy ConFessions
- Humani nihil a se alienum putat.*
I heRe pResent you, courteous reader, with the record of a remarkable period in my life. According to my application of it, I trust that it will prove not merely an interesting record, but, in a considerable degree, useful and instructive. In that hope it is that I have drawn it up, and that must be my apology for breaking through that delicate an...
T hese pReliminARy ConFessions, or introductory narrative of the youthful adventures which laid the foundation of the writer’s habit of opium-eating in after-life, it has been judged proper to premise for three several reasons: 1. As forestalling that question, and giving it a satisfac-tory answer, which else would painfully obtrude itself in the c...
For amongst the conditions which he deems indispensable to the sustaining of any claim to the title of philosopher is not merely the possession of a superb intellect in its ana-lytic functions (in which part of the pretension, however, England can for some generations show but few claimants – at least, he is not aware of any known candidate for thi...
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Aug 7, 2021 · It first appeared in book form in 1822; this transcription is from the second edition of 1823. 9299Confessions of an English Opium-Eater1823Thomas de Quincey. . CONFESSIONS. OF AN. ENGLISH OPIUM-EATER. To weep afresh a long since cancell'd woe, And moan the expense of many a vanish'd sight. Shakspeare's Sonnets. SECOND EDITION.
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