 | 1825 - 426 pàgines
...folly. However, I got over thin attack, though it must have been verging on something very dangerous. " The waters now changed their character, — from translucent...many months, promised an abiding torment ; and, in (act, it never left me until the winding up of my case. Hitherto the human (ace had mixed often in... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1824 - 478 pàgines
...my architecture succeeded dreams of lakes and silvery expanses of water. But subsequently the waters changed their character ; from translucent lakes,...shining like mirrors, they now became seas and oceans. Now that which I have called the tyranny of the human face began to unfold itself; now it was that... | |
 | 1837 - 520 pàgines
...fascinating and strange " Confessions of an Opium Eater"* from which we make the following quotation : — " And now came a tremendous change, which unfolding...an abiding torment, and, in fact, it never left me. Hitherto the human face mixed often with my dreams, but not despotically, nor with any special power... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1850 - 300 pàgines
...folly. However, I got over this attack, though it must have been verging on something very dangerous. The waters now changed their character, — from translucent...winding up of my case. Hitherto the human face had often mixed in my dreams, but not despotically, nor with any special power of tormenting. But now that... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1850 - 316 pàgines
...folly. However, I got over this attack, though it must have been verging on something very dangerous. The waters now changed their character, — from translucent...winding up of my case. Hitherto the human face had often mixed in my dreams, but not despotically, nor with any special power of tormenting. But now that... | |
 | John Addington Symonds - 1851 - 110 pàgines
...mighty opium ! " The following extract illustrates the more distressing dreams produced by opium. " The waters now changed their character ; from translucent...change, which, unfolding itself slowly, like a scroll,^ for many months, promised an abiding torment, and, in fact, it never left 1 me until the winding up... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1853 - 290 pàgines
...folly. -However, I got over this attack, though it must have been verging on something very dangerous. The waters now changed their character, — from translucent...winding up of my case. Hitherto the human face had often mixed in my dreams, but not despotically, nor with any special power of tormenting. But now that... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 650 pàgines
...dangerous. The waters now changed their character, — from translucent lakes, shining lie mirrora, they now became seas and oceans. And now came a tremendous...fact, it never left me until the winding up of my rase. Hitherto the human face had mixed often in my dreams, but not despotically, nor with any special... | |
 | John Addington Symonds - 1857 - 120 pàgines
...mighty opium !" The following extract illustrates the more distressing dreams produced by opium. " The waters now changed their character ; from translucent...and oceans. And now came a tremendous change, which, unfold-- ing itself slowly, like a scroll, for many months, promised an abiding torment, and, in fact,... | |
 | Alexander Henley Grant - 1865 - 414 pàgines
...' The waters gradually changed their character, from translucent lakes, shining like mirrors, they became seas and oceans. And now came a tremendous...an abiding torment ; and in fact, it never left me, though occurring more or less intermittently. Hitherto the human face had often mixed with my dreams,... | |
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The waters now changed their character, — from translucent lakes, shining like mirrors, they now became seas and oceans. And now came a tremendous change, which, unfolding itself slowly like a scroll, through many months, promised an abiding torment;... 
