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Biographical Essays is a collection of essays written by Thomas De Quincey, a renowned English essayist and literary critic. The book features a series of biographical sketches of famous literary figures, including Shakespeare, Milton, and Pope, as well as lesser-known writers such as Robert Southey and William Godwin. De Quincey's essays are characterized by his distinctive style, which combines a deep knowledge of literature with a lively and engaging prose. He provides insightful analyses of the lives and works of his subjects, exploring their literary achievements, personal struggles, and historical contexts. The essays are arranged chronologically, starting with the ancient Greek poet Homer and ending with the contemporary writer Samuel Taylor Coleridge. De Quincey's essays offer a unique perspective on the development of English literature, tracing its evolution from the classical era to the Romantic period. Overall, Biographical Essays is a fascinating and informative read for anyone interested in English literature and the lives of its most influential figures.There is in modern literature a whole class of writers, though not a large one, standing within the same category; some marked originality of character in the writer become a coefficient with what he says to a common result; you must sympathize with this personality in the author before you can appreciate the most significant parts of his views. In most books the writer figures as a mere abstraction, without sex or age or local station, whom the reader banishes from his thoughts. What is written seems to proceed from a blank intellect, not from a man clothed with fleshly peculiarities and differences.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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The book ""Theological Essays and Other Papers V1"" is a collection of essays and papers written by Thomas De Quincey, a British writer and essayist who lived in the 19th century. The essays in this volume are focused on theological topics, exploring ideas related to religion, morality, and spirituality. The book is divided into several sections, each containing a different set of essays. The first section includes essays on the nature of religion and the role it plays in human life, while the second section focuses on the relationship between religion and morality. Other sections explore topics such as the history of Christianity, the nature of God, and the concept of sin.Throughout the book, De Quincey draws on his extensive knowledge of theology and philosophy to offer insightful and thought-provoking commentary on these important topics. His writing is clear and engaging, making complex ideas accessible to readers of all backgrounds.Overall, ""Theological Essays and Other Papers V1"" is a valuable resource for anyone interested in exploring the intersection of religion and philosophy. Whether you are a student of theology, a practicing religious person, or simply someone interested in exploring these important topics, this book is sure to provide you with plenty of food for thought.Now these distinctions are important to the whole extent of the question. For the 2d case, which is the actual case of many miracles recorded in the New Testament, at once cuts away a large body of sources in which either error or deceit could lurk. Hume's argument supposes the reporter of the miracle to be a dupe, or the maker of dupes--himself deluded, or wishing to delude others. But, in the case of the thousands fed from a few loaves and small fishes, the chances of error, wilful or not wilful, are diminished in proportion to the number of observers.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - The condition of the Roman Emperors has never yet been fully appreciated; nor has it been sufficiently perceived in what respects it was absolutely unique. There was but one Rome: no other city, as we are satisfied by the collation of many facts, either of ancient or modern times, has ever rivalled this astonishing metropolis in the grandeur of magnitude; and not many - if we except the cities of Greece, none at all - in the grandeur of architectural display. Speaking even of London, we ought in all reason to say - the Nation of London, and not the City of London; but of Rome in her palmy days, nothing less could be said in the naked severity of logic. A million and a half of souls - that population, apart from any other distinctions, is per se for London a justifying ground for such a classification; à fortiori, then, will it belong to a city which counted from one horn to the other of its mighty suburbs not less than four millions of inhabitants [Footnote: Concerning this question - once so fervidly debated, yet so unprofitably for the final adjudication, and in some respects, we may add, so erroneously - on a future occasion.] at the very least, as we resolutely maintain after reviewing all that has been written on that much vexed theme, and very probably half as many more. Republican Rome had her prerogative tribe; the earth has its prerogative city; and that city was Rome.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Rhetoric and Style by Thomas De Quincey is a comprehensive guide to the art of persuasive writing and public speaking. The book explores the principles of rhetoric, including the use of language, style, and structure to effectively communicate ideas and persuade an audience. De Quincey also delves into the history of rhetoric, tracing its development from ancient Greece to modern times.The book is divided into three parts. The first part focuses on the principles of rhetoric, including the use of figures of speech, the importance of clarity and precision, and the role of emotion in persuasion. The second part explores the different styles of writing and speaking, from the simple and direct to the ornate and complex. The final part of the book examines the practical applications of rhetoric, including its use in politics, law, and literature.Throughout the book, De Quincey provides examples of effective rhetoric from a range of sources, including speeches, essays, and literary works. He also offers practical advice on how to improve one's own writing and speaking skills, with exercises and tips for honing one's style and mastering the art of persuasion.Overall, Rhetoric and Style is an essential resource for anyone looking to improve their communication skills, whether in writing or speaking. De Quincey's insights and advice are timeless, making this book a valuable addition to any writer or speaker's library.Many years ago, when studying the Aristotelian rhetoric at Oxford, it struck us that, by whatever name Aristotle might describe the main purpose of rhetoric, practically, at least, in his own treatment of it, he threw the whole stress upon finding such arguments for any given thesis as, without positively proving or disproving it, gave it a colorable support. We could not persuade ourselves that it was by accident that the topics, or general heads of argument, were never in an absolute and unconditional sense true.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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Thomas De Quincey (1785-1859) described his adolescent discovery of the Lyrical Ballads of Wordsworth and Coleridge as 'an absolute revelation of untrodden worlds, teeming with power and beauty'. The admiring letter he sent to Wordsworth led to friendships with him, Coleridge and Robert Southey. Relations soured over time, though, as De Quincey's opium addiction and debts increased. Following Coleridge's death in 1834, De Quincey began writing his 'Lake Reminiscences', published serially in Tait's Magazine up to 1840. Candid, occasionally bitter, and highlighting flaws such as Coleridge's plagiarism, the recollections offended the surviving poets and their families, yet these vivid portraits attract continued scholarly interest for both the light shed on the subjects and on the author himself. The collected essays, reissued in this 1863 printing of the 1862 first edition, certainly served to confirm the Lake Poets as leading figures of English Romanticism.

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater remains its author's most famous and frequently-read work and one of the period's central statements about both the power and terror of imagination. De Quincey describes the intense "pleasures" and harrowing "pains" of his opium use in lyrical and dramatic prose.

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, Suspiria de Profundis, and 'The English Mail-Coach' are De Quincey's finest essays in autobiography, published here with three appendices containing a wealth of related manuscript material and a comprehensive introduction and notes.

'People begin to see that something more goes to the composition of a fine murder than two blockheads to kill and be killed - a knife - a purse - and a dark lane...'In this provocative and blackly funny essay, Thomas de Quincey considers murder in a purely aesthetic light and explains how practically every philosopher over the past two hundred years has been murdered - 'insomuch, that if a man calls himself a philosopher, and never had his life attempted, rest assured there is nothing in him'.Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.Thomas de Quincey (1785-1859). Thomas de Quincey's Confessions and an English Opium-Eater and Other Writings is available in Penguin Classics.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY HOWARD MARKSOnce upon a time, opium (the main ingredient of heroin) was easily available over the chemist's counter.

"e;Thou has the keys of Paradise, oh just, subtle, and mighty opium!"e; Determined to counter the lies about opium that had been told by travellers to the Orient and the medical profession, De Quincey describes his addiction, the consciousness alteringproperties of the drug, its pleasures and its pains.

En vinternat i 1811 myrdede John Williams en ung familie i London. To uger efter myrdede han en værtshusholder og dennes husholdning. Mordene var blodige og bestialske – men John Williams tog hemmeligheden om, hvorfor alle disse mennesker skulle dø, med sig i graven. Måske vidste han det ikke selv. Thomas De Quincey var dybt fascineret af John Williams. Han opfattede ham som symbol på et aspekt ved vores civilisation og skrev i årenes løb fire essays, hvor han med John Williams som udgangspunkt og rød tråd diskuterede mordet og morderen som begreb. Teksterne, der fik stor indflydelse på både 1800-tallets dekadente litteratur og eftertidens kriminallitteratur, er et festfyrværkeri af provokerende, barokke og begavede iagttagelser. Med den levende og dramatiske beretning om selve mordene som hjørnesten veksler De Quincey mellem livlig reportage, skarp psykologisk analyse og brillant satire og finder undervejs lejlighed til at diskutere både litteratur, æstetik og filosofi. Thomas De Quincey (1785-1859) hører til den lyrisk-følsomme del af den engelske romantik, selvom han skrev samtidig med de senere så fremherskende revolutions­romantikere anført af Percy Bysshe Shelley og Lord Byron. Sammen med En engelsk opiumbrugers bekendelser/Suspiria de profundis/Den engelske postvogn (Klim 2010) udgør denne bogs fire essays Thomas De Quinceys blivende bidrag til verdenslitteraturen.

Teksterne i denne bog er skrevet af en narkoman. Thomas De Quincey vandrede hele livet i et opiumfremkaldt tågeland mellem drøm og virkelighed. Hvor tid og sted ikke fandtes, hvor diabolske uhyrer huserede og groteske ansigter trængte sig ind på ham, hvor krige og storme rasede uophørligt, hvor alt var usammenhængende, forvrænget, skrækindjagende og undertiden smukt – og hvor opiumdråberne som regel var de eneste sikre trædesten. I bogen skildrer De Quincey disse rejser til de mørkeste lag af hans sind. Og dermed bliver bogen også en storslået beretning om en mand på vej til sig selv og verden – om en mand der i sin stræben efter lys aldrig ophørte med, som han sagde, at male på mørket. Det er nogle af verdenslitteraturens forunderligste og mest originale prosaværker, der hermed har fået stemme på dansk. Af de tre tekster har kun ungdomsværket 'En engelsk opiumbrugers bekendelser' tidligere været oversat, men i en senere og stærkt modificeret udgave. Ved at føre værket tilbage til sin originale skikkelse og udgive det sammen med 'Suspiria de profundis' og 'Den engelske postvogn' er det nu for første gang muligt i oversættelse at opleve De Quinceys vældige tableauer, som han oprindeligt havde tænkt sig dem.