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Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers

By: Thomas de Quincey

...nd Spanish journals of high au- thority. It is seldom the case that French writers err by pro- lixity. They have done so in this case. The present nar... ... on the 3d and 4th of January of Russian troops in the neighborhood of the Western Kalmucks, though really having no reference to them or their plans,... ...d into certain signs that all was discovered; and that the prudence of the Western chief- tains, who, from situation, had never been exposed to those ... ...their people from ruin. Be the cause what it might, it is certain that the Western Kalmucks were in some way prevented from form- ing the intended jun... ...ni de quoi se vêtir. Je l’avais prévu; et j’avais ordonné de faire en tout genre les provisions nécessaires pour pouvoir les secourir promptement; c’e... ...o grandeur to him who has no space in the theatre of his own brain. I know writers who report the marvels of velocity, &c., in such a way that they be... ...: for it takes the shape of a dream; and this most brilliant of all German writers wanted in that field the severe simplicity, that horror of the too ...

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