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Excerpt: The Note Book of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas de Quincey.

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...Contents The Note Book of an English Opium-Eater ...4 THREE MEMORABLE MURDERS .............................................................................................. 4 THE TRUE RELATIONS OF THE BIBLE TO MERELY HUMAN SCIENCE.....................

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...QUINCEY A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Note Book of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas de Quincey is a publication of the Penn... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...ople, trained and equipped for the service. In the case of a fire which is operating upon private property, pity for a neighbor’s calam- ity checks us... ...ver, in the present ease, his destined victim was sup- posed to unite both characters: originally he had been a friend; but subsequently, on good caus... ...s his peremptory negative on all these flattering prospects. Second in the list of his household, stands his pretty and amiable wife, who is happy aft... ...possible answer to this final appeal, became a duty of spas- modic effort. Listen, therefore, poor trembling heart; listen, and for twenty seconds be ... ...nd vindictive impulses, it was still clear that the desire of booty had co-operated with such feel- ings. Equally clear it was that this desire must h... ...ions. The creation, for instance, does not belong to the earthly or merely historical records, but to the spiritual records of the Bible; to the same ... ...tle versed in biblical language as not to know, that (except in the merely historical parts of the Jewish records) every section of time has a secret ...

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...ew hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea. There are circumstances in which, whether you partake of the tea or not--some people of course never do--the situation is in itself delightful. Those that I have in mind in beginning to unfold this simple history offered an admirable setting to an innocent pastime. The implement...

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Excerpt: The Poems of Goethe, translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring.

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