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...CONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH OPIUM-EATER by Thomas De Quincey A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PU... ...NN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas de Quincey is a publication of the Pennsylvania State... ... file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas de Quincey, the Pennsylvania State University, Elec- ... ...ual opportunity university. 3 Thomas de Quincey Confessions of an English Opium- Eater by Thomas De Quincey The first edition (London Magazine) text.... ...e) text. 1886 George Routledge and Sons edition. Confessions of an English Opium-Eater: Being an Estract from the Life of a Scholar. From the “London ... ...d with the spurious and defective sensibility 4 Confessions of an English Opium-Eater of the French. All this I feel so forcibly, and so nervously am... ...sense my pursuits and pleasures have been, even from my schoolboy days. If opium-eating be a sensual pleasure, and if I am bound to confess that I hav... ...sideration of the service which I may thereby render to the whole class of opium-eaters. But who are they? Reader, I am sorry to say a very numerous c... ... or of emi- nent station) who were known to me, directly or indirectly, as opium-eaters; such, for instance, as the eloquent and be- nevolent —, the l...

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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...................... 54 SCHLOS...

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...The Note Book of an English Opium-Eater By THOMAS DE QUINCEY A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PU... ... STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Note Book of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas de Quincey is a publication of the Pennsylvania State... ...ile as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Note Book of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas de Quincey, the Pennsylvania State University, Electr... ... is an equal opportunity university. Contents The Note Book of an English Opium-Eater ...4 THREE MEMORABLE MURDERS ..................................... .......................................... 201 4 The Note Book of an English Opium-Eater The Note Book of an English Opium- Eater BY THOMAS DE QUINCEY T... ...king down upon the fiery ruins that were so 6 The Note Book of an English Opium-Eater rapidly approaching him. Suddenly the supporting timbers below ... ...n in the humblest ranks more than once died 8 The Note Book of an English Opium-Eater upon the spot, from the shock attending some suspicious attempt... ...lf, to five feet eight inches high), slen- 10 The Note Book of an English Opium-Eater derly built, rather thin, but wiry, tolerably muscular, and cle... ...wore a long blue frock, of the very finest 12 The Note Book of an English Opium-Eater cloth, and richly lined with silk. Amongst the anecdotes which ...

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...“Thou hast the keys of Paradise, O just, subtle, and mighty Opium!” Though apparently presenting the reader with a collage of poignant memories, temporal digressions and random anecdotes, the Confessions is a work of immense sophistication and certainly one of the most impressive and ...

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...The Hunter Thompson of the 19th Century, de Quincey is best known for his Confessions of an English Opium Eater (an activity shared with his hero, Samuel Coleridge, much to Wordsworth’s dismay). However, de Quincey’s literary genius is best captured in his essays, which, according to Wikipedia: His immediate influence exten...

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..... 189 MODERN SUPERSTITION ........................................................................................................ 224 COLERIDGE AND OPIUM-EATING ........................................................................................ 264 TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT ......................................................................................................

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........................................................... 224 COLERIDGE AND OPIUM-EATING ................................................................. ... professionally, the most timid. Want of boldness in the administration of opium, &c., though they can be bold enough with mercury, is their besetting... ...GE AND OP COLERIDGE AND OP COLERIDGE AND OP COLERIDGE AND OP COLERIDGE AND OPIUM-EA IUM-EA IUM-EA IUM-EA IUM-EATING TING TING TING TING WHAT IS THE DE... ...rotest, that, were it not for the excellence of the subject, Coleridge and Opium-Eating, Mr. Gillman would have been dismissed by us unnoticed. Indeed... ...eflections; and especially we wish to say a word or two on Coleridge as an opium-eater. Naturally the first point to which we direct our attention, is... ...e in reality there were only arid deserts, to the derange- ments worked by opium. But now, for the sake of change, let us pass to another topic. Suppo... ...ng left ourselves little room for more—one or two words on Coleridge as an opium-eater. We have not often read a sentence falling from a wise man with... ...ridge’s to Mr. Gillman, which speaks of the effort to wean one’s-self from opium as a trivial task. There are, we believe, several such passages. But ... ...lution. Is in- deed leviathan so tamed? In that case the quarantine of the opium-eater might be finished within Coleridge’s time, and with Coleridge’s...

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...s. In this treacherous tale of murder and intrigue young American Geoffrey West tracks a killer from the posh dining room of the Carlton Hotel to the opium dens of London's Limehouse district in search of the truth and the heart of his true love only to find the culprit all too close to home. Earl Derr Biggers is better known as the author of numerous Charlie Chan novels, ...

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...rtue of avoiding the Opera Quarter. Erik began an occasional indulgence in opium. I developed a fondness for absinthe, amused and intrigued by the ... ... head after one such night at the Folies-Bergere. Erik was very high on an opium cloud; Gilbert and I were both sober. I was once again struck by ... ...final arrangements are made. For my part, I do not believe I shall touch the opium pipe again. I know now how dear a price I might pay for such a fl... ...o the Chinatown at Limehouse, where I sought out the arms of Morpheus in an opium den. 98 Chapter 40 I awoke slightly disoriented, but in my own bed... ...t Erik was spending his nights at home again. He no longer resorted to the opium dens of Limehouse; he had finally confessed to me what he had been...

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...hu- mans to support them in their earthly existence. Specifically, it is the “opium for the people,” a method of pursuing psychological comfort. Tha... ...means of getting out of your current situation. The wisdom of Kabbalah is not opium for the masses, because opium means deception. Why was the use o...

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...rowroot and albumin water. THE CURSE OF KALI 323 She had sufficient supplies of castor oil and opium to relieve the griping pains of the disease ...

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...1 When the Fat Lady Sings 3 Executive Director’s Message 4 A Poet’s Opium Tryst 5 Creative Forces: Famous Psychotics/Schizophrenics 6 History of Pharmacy 7 Ribbet! Famous Amphibians 9 A. A. Milne and the Birth of Edward the Swan-Bear 10 After the Feast: A History of Leftovers 11 The Epi...

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... in Macedonia. According to them, Afghanistan was about to flood Europe with cheap opium through the traditional Balkan routes. The KLA - denounced... ...Macedonia, went the rumours. The Taliban were known to stock c. 3000 tonnes of raw opium. The Afghanis - Arab fighters against the Soviet occupatio... ... Crime Prevention (UNODCCP) culminated this year in the virtual eradication of all opium poppies in Afghanistan. Only 18 months ago, Afghan opium p... ...8- 9), and intense meddling and manipulation by near and far. One thing is certain: opium production is likely to increase dramatically. And Western...

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...ops wheat, fruits, nuts, karakul pelts, wool, mutton; an illegal producer of opium poppy and cannabis for the international drug trade Major industrie... ...00% self-sufficient; most rice grown in deltaic land; an illegal producer of opium poppy and cannabis for the international drug trade Fishing: catch ... ..., cotton, corn, beans, sugarcane, bananas, livestock; an illegal producer of opium poppy and cannabis Fishing: catch 4,300 metric tons (1982) Major in... ...lseed, cotton, jute, sugarcane, tobacco, tea, coffee; an illegal producer of opium poppy and cannabis for the international drug trade Fishing: catch ... ..., cotton, dates, raisins, tea, tobacco, sheep, goats; an illegal producer of opium poppy for the international drug trade Major industries: crude oil ... ...in part to distribution deficien- cies) include rice; an illegal producer of opium poppy and cannabis for the inter- national drug trade Major industr... ...ic power, forest products, tin concen- trates; coffee, undeclared exports of opium and tobacco Imports: $98 million (c.i.f., 1984 est.); rice and othe... ...obacco, olives, onions; not self- sufficient in food; an illegal producer of opium poppy and cannabis for the inter- national drug trade Major industr... ... sugarcane, sorghum, oilseed, pulses, and vegetables; an illegal producer of opium poppy and cannabis for the international drug trade 163 Mexico (co...

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...minated needles. ―Drugs have been a long term problem in China with opium apparently being brought to us in the 7 th and 8 th centuries by ... ... use. And the government has always fought bitterly against it. We lost the opium wars to the British so were forced to allow opium imports. Under th...

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...mount and on regular basis, even though it does not have the narcotic effect of opium poppy, its cousin. Cowslip Cowslip is the Virgin Mary’s embl...

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...d for consumption of the Western world. On the northern hills of Thailand, opium growing has ceased, but continues in Myanmar and Laos, and in any cas... ...and Laos, and in any case, synthetic drugs like amphetamine have displaced opium. (49 In Asian countries, drug use has never been common, and drugs ha... ...001; 22.3.2001; 22.11.2001. Finland: STAKES 2003. 52. On the ecology of opium farming by mountain peoples Geddes 1976. On drug-related criminality ... ...001; 22.3.2001; 22.11.2001. Finland: STAKES 2003. 52. On the ecology of opium farming by mountain peoples Geddes 1976. On drug-related criminality ...

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... the Nazi brown ones. The IMRO has developed into a fascist organization. It traded opium. It hired out the services of its skilled assassins (for 2...

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... thirty drachmas of hemlock without danger, and Lysis took four drachmas of opium unhurt, and Demophon, Alexander's table waiter, shivered when 82 he...

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...a heartless world, as it is the spirit of spiritless conditions. It is the opium of the people. 18 Buddhism can be traced back to Gautama Siddhartha (...

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...have been able to achieve Marx‘s ideal, yet he said that ‗religion is the opium of the people.‘‖ —―True. For communism to work you would have to ... ...idual or societal behaviors. If a hundred years ago a person assumed that opium would not hurt him, he had no proof. Today we do. The assumption of ...

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...east upon. Why humans make smoke, why humans smoke pipes filled with burning opium or tobacco, why humans burn their food comes from 25 million yea... ...substance they could get their hands on including hashish, marijuana, cocaine, opium, and a host of pills called uppers or downers. Even in middle o... ...moke tobacco, its not okay to smoke marijuana. It’s not okay to take LSD, or opium, or cocaine. Its okay to take prescribed opium derivatives. Its... ... needed drugs. Tobacco, coffee, salt, and sugar were not enough. Alcohol. Opium. Cocaine. Benzedrine. Cigarettes. Smelling salts, snuff. Chewi... ...strialized the drug industry of growing poppies and manufacturing cocaine and opium. Which the Taliban had been fighting against and destroying. J...